skjuss
Westrobothnian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ʂʲʉ̀sː], [st͡ɕʉ̀sː]
- Rhymes: -ʉ̀sː
Etymology 1
Middle voice of skjuut; corresponding to Jamtish skjøsse, dialectal Norwegian skjotast.
Verb
skjuss (preterite skjussä)
- (middle, intransitive, with på, ätt, oppa + object) To resemble.
- Han skjuss på/ät mora ― He resembles his mother (in appearance.)
- Skjuss på slägta ― resembling relatives (in physical and moral terms)
Etymology 2
Related skjuut (“to shoot”) and skjut (“mare”); corresponding to Danish skydse, dialectal Danish sjusa, Norwegian skysse, dialectal Norwegian skyssa, skjussa, Swedish skjutsa.
Verb
skjuss (preterite skjussä)
- (transitive, intransitive) To drive someone or something somewhere.
References
- Rietz, Johan Ernst, “SKJUSS, Skjuuss”, 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 589