sikkel

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sickele, sēkele, from Old Dutch *sikila, from Proto-West Germanic *sikilu.

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -ɪkəl

Noun

sikkel f (plural sikkels, diminutive sikkeltje n)

  1. sickle

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sekel
    • → Sotho: sekele
    • → Tswana: sekele
    • → Xhosa: sekile
    • → Zulu: sikela (or English)
  • → French: skèye, skêye (dialectal)

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

sikk +‎ -vel

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃikːɛl]
  • Hyphenation: sik‧kel

Noun

sikkel

  1. instrumental singular of sikk

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

sikkel n (definite singular sikkelet or siklet, indefinite plural sikkel, definite plural siklene or sikla)

  1. saliva, drool, slobber.

See also

References

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to seka.

Noun

sikkel n

  1. Saliva, froth, foam around the mouth.[1]
  • sikkäl, sekäl, sekkäl
  • sokkäl
  • sakkäl

References
  1. Rietz, Johan Ernst, “Sikkel”, in Svenskt dialektlexikon: ordbok öfver svenska allmogespråket [Swedish dialectal lexicon: a dictionary for the Swedish lects] (in Swedish), 1962 edition, Lund: C. W. K. Gleerups Förlag, published 1862–1867, page 564
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