sikkel

sikkel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sickele, sēkele, from Old Dutch *sikila, from Proto-West Germanic *sikilu.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪkəl

Noun

sikkel f (plural sikkels, diminutive sikkeltje n)

1. sickle

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sekel
  • → Sotho: sekele
  • → Tswana: sekele
  • → Xhosa: sekile
  • → Zulu: sikela (or English)
• → French: skèye, skêye (dialectal)

Anagrams

• slikke

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Hungarian

Etymology

sikk +‎ -vel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃikːɛl]
• Hyphenation: sik‧kel

Noun

sikkel

1. instrumental singular of sikk

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sikkel n (definite singular sikkelet or siklet, indefinite plural sikkel, definite plural siklene or sikla)

1. saliva, drool, slobber.

See also

• sikl (Nynorsk)

References

• “sikkel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• sekel, sekkel

Etymology

Related to seka.

Noun

sikkel n

1. Saliva, froth, foam around the mouth.[1]

Related terms

• sikkäl, sekäl, sekkäl
• sokkäl
• sakkäl

References

1. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Sikkel”, 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 564