ȧfta
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse aptann (“evening”) Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs. Cognate with Old English ǣfen, Old Frisian ēvend, Old Saxon āvand, Old Dutch avont, Old High German aband.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [àfta], [æ̀fta]
Noun
ǡftă m (definite singular ǡftăn, definite plural ǡftănă)
- an evening
- i går om ȧftan
- yesterday in the evening
- i går om ȧftan
Derived terms
- aftaväl
References
- Stenberg, Pehr, Widmark, Gusten “afton m ǡftă”, in Ordbok över Umemålet [Dictionary of the Umeå speech], →ISBN, page 5