mjølka
Norwegian Bokmål
    
    
Norwegian Nynorsk
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Old Norse mjolka, from the Proto-Germanic strong verb *melkaną.
Alternative forms
    
- mjølke (e-infinitive)
Verb
    
mjølka (present tense mjølkar, past tense mjølka, past participle mjølka, passive infinitive mjølkast, present participle mjølkande, imperative mjølka/mjølk)
- (transitive) to milk (most if not all senses)
- Borna fekk læra seg å mjølka kyr og geiter.- The children got learn (how) to milk cows and goats
 
- Regjeringa mjølkar oss for pengar.- The government milks us for money
 
 
- (ergative or transitive) to produce (milk)
- Kua har slutta å mjølka.- The cow has stopped to produce milk.
 
- Kua mjølkar åtte liter dagen.- The cow gives eight litres of milk a day.
 
 
Derived terms
    
- handmjølka
- maskinmjølka
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈmjølc͡çɑ/, /ˈmjølçɑ/, /ˈmjølkɑ/
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