skela

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اسكله (iskele), from Italian scala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skêla/
  • Hyphenation: ske‧la

Noun

skȅla f (Cyrillic spelling ске̏ла)

  1. ferry
  2. scaffold

Declension

Further reading

  • skela” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German schelen, from Middle Low German schēle, from Old Saxon *skelh, from Proto-West Germanic *skelh (squinting, crooked).

Verb

skela (present skelar, preterite skelade, supine skelat, imperative skela)

  1. to have the eyes turned in different directions, either deliberately (and temporarily) or due to strabismus
    Synonym: vinda
    Han skelarHe has a squint
    Han skelar på höger ögaHe has strabismus in the right eye

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