näsa

From Old Swedish næsa, older form *nas, pl. nasar, influenced by Middle Low German nese (cf. Norwegian Bokmål nese, Danish næse), from Old Norse nǫs (pl. nasar, nasir), from Proto-Germanic *nasō, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s. Doublet of nos.

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• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛːsˌa/

näsa c

1. nose of a human or other primate (or anthropomorphized being, especially if having a human-like nose, but sometimes more generally) (compare nos)

   andas genom näsan

   breathe through one's nose

   peta sig i näsan

   pick one's nose

   vara täppt i näsan

   have a stuffy nose

   (literally, “be plugged in the nose”)

   (See also nästäppa.)

• mule
• nasal
• nos
• snor
• snyta

• näsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• näsa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• näsa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Svensk MeSH

• änas