wippelje

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From wipje (to swing) +‎ -ele.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪpəljə/
  • Hyphenation: wip‧pel‧je
  • Rhymes: -ɪpəljə

Verb

wippelje

  1. (intransitive) to seesaw
  2. (intransitive) to go up and down
  3. (intransitive) to waggle; to wobble
  4. (intransitive) to jump from one small patch of ice to another

Usage notes

  • When used in the sense "to jump from one small patch of ice to another", the auxiliary verb weze is used to form the past tenses.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wippelje (weak type 2)
grúundfoarme wippelje
infinitive tou wippeljen
present past
singular iek wippelje wippelde
du wippelst wippeldest
hie/ju/dät wippelt wippelde
plural wippelje wippelden
imperative
singular wippel
plural wippeljet
present past
participle wippeljend wippeld
auxiliary verb häbe

References

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