möur
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
dialects
- dialectal forms recorded in dialectological notation
- maur – Åsele
- möger, måger, mȯger – Umeå
- mor – Nordmaling
- mäur – Kalix
Etymology
From Old Norse maurr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mɞ́ɵ̯ːɾ]
- Rhymes: -ɞ́ɵ̯ːr
Noun
möur f (definite singular möura, definite plural möuren)
- ant
- (figuratively) workhorse (anyone who does a lot of work)
Derived terms
- arbaitsmöur
- bjällmöur
- klormöur
- möurkrank
- pissmöur
References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “möur”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 435