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yxa

Pronunciation: /ʏkːsa/

“yxa” is a Swedish word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. an axe

verb

  1. to axe, to cut, chip or sculpture with an axe, to hack, to shape roughly, to make a prototype
  2. to slash with an axe, to reduce or remove, to attack, to criticise

Etymology

From Old Norse øx (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *akwisī, from a Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʷs-ih₂- (“axe”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

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