Meeske

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From a diminutive of Old Frisian *mēse, from Proto-West Germanic *maisā. Cognates include German Meise and West Frisian mieske.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmeːskə/
  • Hyphenation: Mees‧ke
  • Rhymes: -eːskə

Noun

Meeske f (plural Meesken)

  1. tit (bird of the family Paridae)

Derived terms

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