gïeke
English: Translation
cuckoo
Part of Speech
noun
Semantic Domain
Universe and the natural world
Birds
Dialect
Anarisfjällen
Härjedalen
Offerdal
Meraker
Snåsa
Undersåker
Vilhelmina
Røros
Frostviken
Notes
cuckoo gïeke; ~ calling in the south öörjel-gïeke, åarjel-gïeke; good ~ buerie-gïeke; ~ that foretells misfortune vamth-gïeke; Day of the ~ (May 25, approx. when the cuckoo begins to be heard) gïeke-biejjie, gïeken-biejjie