pröjsa

See also: projsa

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Tavringer Romani prejsa, from Romani pleiservāva-. Related to Traveller Norwegian preisa, pressa and Kalo Finnish Romani presavā. Perhaps a loan from a Slavic language, e.g. Serbo-Croatian plaćati. The initial pr- as opposed to pl-, indicates however that it was influenced or borrowed from German Preis (price).

Verb

pröjsa (present pröjsar, preterite pröjsade, supine pröjsat, imperative pröjsa)

  1. (colloquial) to pay; to give money in exchange for goods or services

Conjugation

References

  • pröjsa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • Gerd Carling (2005) “pröjsa”, in Romani i svenskan: Storstadsslang och standardspråk, Stockholm: Carlsson, →ISBN, page 99

Anagrams

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