barkjuke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • barkjuk (apocope)

Etymology

From bar (“coniferous”) +‎ kjuke (“a tree growth”). First attested in the 1770-s. Also mentioned as Grankjuck by Hans Olufsen Nysted in the early 18th century, referring to a spruce cone, but this sense is now obsolete.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /barɕʉk(ɛ)/

Noun

barkjuke f (definite singular barkjuka, definite singular dative barkjuken, indefinite plural barkjuko, definite plural barkjukonn, definite plural dative barkjukom)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) a cone (fruit of a conifer, esp. spruce)

Synonyms

References

  • “kjuka” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring
  • Bjørn Roar Krogstad (1994), Måråk-mål (in Norwegian), page 13
  • Nikolai Kristian Kjenstad (1993), Snåsamålet (in Norwegian), page 29
  • Høeg, O. A. (1974), Planter og tradisjon (in Norwegian Bokmål), page 24
  • Jan Ragnar Hagland (1986), Trønderord frå 1700-talet : Ordsamling frå Surnadal (in Norwegian), pages 25, 41
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