See flyfille on Wiktionary
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],
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"etymology_text": "Compound of fly (“to run around, gallivant”) + fille (“rag; contemptuous term”), literally “gallivanting rag”.\nThe first component fly (“to run around, gallivant; to fly”) is from Old Norse fljúga (“to fly”), from Proto-Germanic *fleuganą (“to fly”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *plewk- (“to fly, flow, run”), an extended form of *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”).\nThe second component fille (“rag”) is from Old Norse Old Norse -filla (“skin, hide”), originally occurring as the second element of compounds. It is related to Proto-Germanic *fellą (“skin, hide”), which ultimately continues the Proto-Indo-European root *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide, cloth”). The precise derivational relationship between Old Norse -filla and Proto-Germanic *fellą is not securely established, so the latter root is not used for categorical derivation here.\nCompare Norwegian Nynorsk flyfille (“flighty, inconstant girl or woman”).",
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"form": "flyfilla",
"tags": [
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},
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]
},
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"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "flyfillene",
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]
},
{
"form": "fløyfille",
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]
}
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}
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{
"parts": [
"fly",
"fil",
"le"
]
}
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"english": "She was referred to as a tramp.",
"text": "Hun ble omtalt som ei flyfille.",
"translation": "She was referred to as a tramp.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "can that be any fun – a tramp like that who has been with one man after another",
"ref": "1918, Sigrid Undset, De kloge jomfruer, page 98:",
"text": "kan det være noe morro – slik ei flyfille som har hat med baade den ene og den andre",
"translation": "can that be any fun – a tramp like that who has been with one man after another",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "a superficial, flighty woman",
"ref": "1987, Richard Herrmann, Victoria, page 242:",
"text": "en overfladisk flyfille",
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},
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"english": "a kind of little tramp who slept with everyone in uniform",
"ref": "2004, Anne B. Ragde, Berlinerpoplene:",
"text": "en slags liten flyfille som lå med alle i uniform",
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}
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"word": "flyførkje"
}
],
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"ipa": "/²flyːˌfɪlːə/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈflŷːˌfɪlːə]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪlːə"
}
],
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"fljúga",
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"-filla",
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/fellą"
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"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/pel-"
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"-filla",
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"lang_code": "nb",
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"Rhymes:Norwegian Bokmål/ɪlːə/3 syllables"
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{
"english": "She was referred to as a tramp.",
"text": "Hun ble omtalt som ei flyfille.",
"translation": "She was referred to as a tramp.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "can that be any fun – a tramp like that who has been with one man after another",
"ref": "1918, Sigrid Undset, De kloge jomfruer, page 98:",
"text": "kan det være noe morro – slik ei flyfille som har hat med baade den ene og den andre",
"translation": "can that be any fun – a tramp like that who has been with one man after another",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "a superficial, flighty woman",
"ref": "1987, Richard Herrmann, Victoria, page 242:",
"text": "en overfladisk flyfille",
"translation": "a superficial, flighty woman",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "a kind of little tramp who slept with everyone in uniform",
"ref": "2004, Anne B. Ragde, Berlinerpoplene:",
"text": "en slags liten flyfille som lå med alle i uniform",
"translation": "a kind of little tramp who slept with everyone in uniform",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"word": "flyførkje"
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"ipa": "/²flyːˌfɪlːə/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈflŷːˌfɪlːə]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪlːə"
}
],
"word": "flyfille"
}
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