Noun: skuta
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | skuta |
| Sg. Def. | skutan |
| Pl. Indef. | skutor |
| Pl. Def. | skutorna |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | skutas |
| Sg. Def. | skutans |
| Pl. Indef. | skutors |
| Pl. Def. | skutornas |
Sample Sentences
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Så länge skutan kan gå. Så länge hjärtat kan slå. Så länge solen den glittrar på böljorna blå. Om blott en dag eller två, så håll till godo ändå. För det finns många som aldrig en ljusglimt kan få. (As long as the ship can sail. As long as the heart can beat. As long as the sun glitters on the blue waves [billows, often used idiomatically in reference to the sea – see bölja]. In but a day or two [you will die, going on the rest of the lyrics], so be satisfied anyway. For there are many who can never get a glimmer of light.) [1960, Evert Taube, “Vals på Karibien (Så länge skutan kan gå) [Waltz in the Caribbean (As long as the ship can sail)]”:]
Nouns inflected like skuta
hojtarolja,
pocketrea,
syssla,
inbjudningslista,
kroppkaka,
snäppa,
snärja,
snärta,
snäcka,
snurra,
snippa,
salvia,
urtavla,
grendosa,
smitta,
smocka,
smedja,
togolesiska,
slunga,
slinka, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Swedish skuta, from Old Norse skúta, with an ablaut relation to Old Norse skjóta (“shooting”), probably relating to a forward going (“shooting”) stem. Cognate with Danish skude, Old Danish skudhæ, skutæ, Middle High German schûte. Compare Dutch schuit. See: Old Norse Nouns '
skúta', Old Norse Nouns '
skjóta', Danish Nouns '
skude', Dutch Nouns '
schuit'.
Verbs referencing "skuta"
Faroese Nouns
skúta, English Nouns
skute, Danish Nouns
skude.
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