känga

See also: kanga and kānga

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish kenkä, from Proto-Finnic *kenkä.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɕɛŋˌa/

Noun

känga c

a boot; a heavy shoe
(colloquial) a swipe (critical remark)
ge någon en känga
take a swipe at someone

få sig en känga
receive a swipe

Declension

Declension of känga
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	känga	kängan	kängor	kängorna
Genitive	kängas	kängans	kängors	kängornas

See also

pik

Further reading

känga in Svensk ordbok.

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