sku

From Dutch schuw, from Middle Dutch schu.

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sku (attributive skuwe, comparative skuwer, superlative skuuste)

1. shy

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *d/s-kəw. Cognate with Tibetan དགུ (dgu), Burmese ကို (kui).

sku

1. nine

From the verb skue.

sku

1. imperative of skue

sku n (definite singular skuet, indefinite plural sku, definite plural skua or skuene)

1. a view, sight

Contraction of the phrase så gud hjelpe meg, as are also Danish sgu and sågu.

sku

1. so help me God!

From Old Norse skúfr. Cognate with Faroese skúgvur.

sku m (definite singular skuen, indefinite plural skuer, definite plural skuene)

1. (dialectal) great skua

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sku

1. (dialectal, informal) Apocopic form of skulle
   • 2013, Mark Twain, translated by Bjørn Alex Herrman, Huckleberry Finns opplevelser‎, Oslo: De norske bokklubbene, translation of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, →ISBN, page 7:

     Men Tom Sawyer, han spora meg opp og sa at'n sku starte en røverbande, og at jeg kunne få være med hvis jeg dro tilbake til enka og blei respektabel.

     But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable.

• “sku” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “sku” in The Ordnett Dictionary

From Old Norse skulu.

sku

1. (archaic or colloquial, dialectal, informal) Apocopic form of skulla and skulle
   • 1923 June 23, “Daa eg og han Torbjørn sku avstad og skifta jolebrennevin”, in Sunnhordalendingen‎, page 2:

     Torbjørn sku staa fyr tappingi […]

     Torbjorn would be responsible for the bottling […]

• Ivar Aasen (1850) “skula”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000