woonje

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wonia, from Proto-West Germanic *wunēn. Cognates include West Frisian wenje and German wohnen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvoːnjə/
  • Hyphenation: woon‧je
  • Rhymes: -oːnjə

Verb

woonje

  1. (intransitive) to live; to reside
    Iek woonje in Seelterlound.I live in Saterland.

Conjugation

Conjugation of woonje (weak type 2)
grúundfoarme woonje
infinitive tou woonjen
present past
singular iek woonje woonde
du woonst woondest
hie/ju/dät woont woonde
plural woonje woonden
imperative
singular woon
plural woonjet
present past
participle woonjend woond
auxiliary verb häbe

Derived terms

References

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