kjukling

See also: kjúkling

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms
Dialects
  • kjuklong, kjuklung
  • kjokling, kjokleng (Rømskog, Bergen, Solund, Øksendal, Sunndal, Trøndelag)
  • kykling (Sunnhordlandsk, Kvam, Vanylven, Hemnes)
  • kygling (Eiken)
  • kyglung (Lista)
  • kydling (Forsand)
  • killing (Modum)
  • kjølling (Kristiansand, Sokndal)
  • kjøttling (Ølen, Etne)
  • kjødling (Bjerkreim)

Etymology

From Old Norse kjúklingr.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /²çʉklɪŋ/, [²çʷʉkʷl̻ɪŋ], [²c͡çʷʉkʷl̻ɪi̯ŋɡ]

Noun

kjukling m (definite singular kjuklingen, indefinite plural kjuklingar, definite plural kjuklingane)

  1. a chick (young of a domestic fowl)
    høna låg på egga og ruga ut kjuklingar
    the hen sat on her eggs and hatched chicks
  2. chicken (meat from domestic hens)

References
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