nucka

== Swedish == === Etymology 1 === Compare Old Swedish nokkakona, nickname for a tax-avoiding woman. Likely related to Old Norse hnúka. If so, originally with reference to being "bent" due to old age. ==== Noun ==== nucka c (colloquial, derogatory) spinster, old maid ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Finnish nukkua or nuokahtaa. ==== Verb ==== nucka (present nuckar, preterite nuckade, supine nuckat, imperative nucka) (colloquial, Finland) to doze off, to nod off ===== Usage notes ===== Normally with till, expressing a sudden and brief action. ===== Conjugation ===== === References === “nucka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “nucka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “nucka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)