fuling

Swedish

Etymology

Affix of ful (“ugly”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

fuling c

1. someone or something ugly
2. (somewhat dated) A person that is untrustworthy or derseving disrespect or in other ways should be avoided.

   Han är en riktig fuling.

   He is an ugly type.

3. (colloquial) An action of intentionally ignoring norms or proper protocol in order to make something fit or work.

   Jag gjorde en fuling.

   I made it fit. / I made it work.

   (literally, “I did an ugly.”)

Declension

Declension of fuling

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fuling	fulings
	definite	fulingen	fulingens
plural	indefinite	fulingar	fulingars
	definite	fulingarna	fulingarnas

References

• fuling in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• fuling in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• fuling in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fu.ˈliŋ]

Verb

fuling

1. (stative) to be dizzy

Conjugation

Conjugation of fuling

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tofuling	fofuling	mifuling
2nd person		nofuling	nifuling
3rd person	masculine	ofuling	ifuling yofuling (archaic)
	feminine	mofuling
	neuter	ifuling

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh