píepje

See also: piepje

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *pīpia, equivalent to Piepe (pipe) +‎ -je. Cognates include West Frisian piipje.

Furthermore related to German piepen, Dutch piepen and English peep.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːpjə/
  • Hyphenation: píep‧je
  • Rhymes: -iːpjə

Verb

píepje

  1. (intransitive) to chirp
  2. (intransitive) to whistle
  3. (intransitive) to cuddle
  4. (intransitive) to squeak
  5. (intransitive) to play the pipe
  6. (intransitive) to talk softly
  7. (intransitive) to watch quietly
  8. (intransitive) to whine; to squeal

Conjugation

Conjugation of píepje (weak type 2)
grúundfoarme píepje
infinitive tou píepjen
present past
singular iek píepje píepede
du píepest píepedest
hie/ju/dät píepet píepede
plural píepje píepeden
imperative
singular píep
plural píepjet
present past
participle píepjend píeped
auxiliary verb häbe

References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “píepje”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN