vaskom

Russenorsk

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk vaska (“to wash”) or it's Northern dialectal apocope form vask. Semantic shift or unknown origin. The ending is a Russenorsk verb ending -om.

Verb

vaskom

  1. to paint (a ship, a wall etc.)

Verb

vaskom

  1. to baptize
    Lille Jonka paa Kjerka vaskom
    The newborn boy is (going to be or was) baptized in the church

References
  • Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag, pages 108, 121, 132
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