åmot
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom å (“a small river”) + mot (“a meeting”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editåmot n (definite singular åmotet, indefinite plural åmot, definite plural åmota or åmotene)
- a confluence of two rivers
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “åmot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “åmot” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
- Ivar Aasen (1850) “19”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
- Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog, page 1
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom å (“a small river”) + mot (“a meeting”).
Noun
editåmot n (definite singular åmotet, indefinite plural åmot, definite plural åmota)
- a confluence of two rivers
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “åmot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- Ivar Aasen (1850) “19”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog[2] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000