sku
See also: SKU and ску
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch schuw, from Middle Dutch schu.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
sku (attributive skuwe, comparative skuwer, superlative skuuste)
- shy
Garo
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Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw. Cognate with Tibetan དགུ (dgu), Burmese ကို (kui).
Numeral
sku
- nine
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From the verb skue.
Verb
sku
- imperative of skue
Noun
sku n (definite singular skuet, indefinite plural sku, definite plural skua or skuene)
- a view, sight
Etymology 2
Contraction of the phrase så gud hjelpe meg, as are also Danish sgu and sågu.
Interjection
sku
- so help me God!
Etymology 3
From Old Norse skúfr. Cognate with Faroese skúgvur.
Noun
sku m (definite singular skuen, indefinite plural skuer, definite plural skuene)
- (dialectal) great skua
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sku
- (dialectal, informal) Apocopic form of skulle
- 2013, Mark Twain, Bjørn Alex Herrman, transl., Huckleberry Finns opplevelser, Oslo: De norske bokklubbene, translation of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, →ISBN, page 7:
- Men Tom Sawyer, han spora meg opp og sa at'n sku starte en røverbande, og at jeg kunne få være med hvis jeg dro tilbake til enka og blei respektabel.
- But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable.
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References
- “sku” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- “sku” in The Ordnett Dictionary
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse skulu.
Verb
sku
- (archaic or colloquial, dialectal, informal) Apocopic form of skulla and skulle
- 1923 June 23, “Daa eg og han Torbjørn sku avstad og skifta jolebrennevin”, in Sunnhordalendingen, page 2:
- Torbjørn sku staa fyr tappingi […]
- Torbjorn would be responsible for the bottling […]
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References
- Ivar Aasen (1850), “skula”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000