wipje

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German wippen. Cognates include German wippen and Dutch wippen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪpjə/
  • Hyphenation: wip‧je
  • Rhymes: -ɪpjə

Verb

wipje

  1. (intransitive) to swing (on a swing)
  2. (intransitive) to jump with both feet together
  3. (intransitive) to swing back and forth while sitting
  4. (intransitive, of boats) to be tied up, bobbing up and down in the water

Conjugation

Conjugation of wipje (weak type 2)
grúundfoarme wipje
infinitive tou wipjen
present past
singular iek wipje wippede
du wippest wippedest
hie/ju/dät wippet wippede
plural wipje wippeden
imperative
singular wip
plural wipjet
present past
participle wipjend wipped
auxiliary verb häbe

Derived terms

References

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