tonkje

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thonkia, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *þankōną. Cognates include West Frisian tankje and German danken.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔŋkjə/
  • Hyphenation: tonk‧je
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋkjə

Verb

tonkje

  1. (transitive) to thank

Conjugation

Conjugation of tonkje (weak type 2)
grúundfoarme tonkje
infinitive tou tonkjen
present past
singular iek tonkje tonkede
du tonkest tonkedest
hie/ju/dät tonket tonkede
plural tonkje tonkeden
imperative
singular tonk
plural tonkjet
present past
participle tonkjend tonked
auxiliary verb häbe

References

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

West Frisian

Noun

tonkje n (plural tonkjes)

  1. diminutive of tonge