åmot

See also: Aamot and Åmot

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From å (“a small river”) +‎ mot (“a meeting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈôːmut/

Noun

åmot n (definite singular åmotet, indefinite plural åmot, definite plural åmota or åmotene)

1. a confluence of two rivers

Related terms

• Aamodt

References

• “åmot” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “åmot” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• Ivar Aasen (1850) chapter 19, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[1] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
• Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages], page 1

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From å (“a small river”) +‎ mot (“a meeting”).

Noun

åmot n (definite singular åmotet, indefinite plural åmot, definite plural åmota)

1. a confluence of two rivers

Derived terms

• Åmot
• Åmotsdal
• Åmotsgruva

References

• “åmot” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• Ivar Aasen (1850) chapter 19, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[2] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000