nåså

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nasa"

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

A vowel balance form. First attested in 1698 by Jonas Ramus (Green) spelled as nossaa.

Noun

nåså m (definite singular nåsån, definite singular dative nasam, indefinite plural næsa, definite plural nasann, definite plural dative nåsåm)

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag, Gudbrandsdal, Numedal) alternative form of nase (nose)
    • 1743, “The songs written by Augustinus Flor”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 157:
      So skulle E sætja Naasaan ti Væree
      So if I would give myself airs