name
Meaning 1
Obsolete form of Suvali.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
swally
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UK: /ˈswalɪ/
noun
Meaning 2
The act of swallowing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 3
A throat or gullet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 4
A drink or gulp.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, informal
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noun
Meaning 5
A drinking session.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, informal
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verb
Meaning 6
To swallow (food etc).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal
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History
Etymology
Inherited from Northern Middle English swelgh (“throat, whirlpool, pit”), from Old English ġeswelg, swelh, from Proto-West Germanic *swelg, swalgi, from Proto-Germanic *swelgaz, *swalgiz; thus a dialectal form of swallow (noun).
Inherited from Northern Middle English sweligh, from Old English swelgan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelgan, from Proto-Germanic *swelganą; thus a dialectal form of swallow (verb).