píepje

See also: piepje

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *pīpia, equivalent to Piepe (“pipe”) +‎ -je. Cognates include West Frisian piipje.

Furthermore related to German piepen, Dutch piepen and English peep.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpiːpjə/
  • Hyphenation: píep‧je
  • Rhymes: -iːpjə

Verb

píepje

  1. (intransitive) to chirp
  2. (intransitive) to whistle
  3. (intransitive) to cuddle
  4. (intransitive) to squeak
  5. (intransitive) to play the pipe
  6. (intransitive) to talk softly
  7. (intransitive) to watch quietly
  8. (intransitive) to whine; to squeal

Conjugation
Conjugation of píepje (weak type 2)
Grúundfoarme píepje
Infinitive tou píepjen
Present tense Past tense
iek píepje wie píepje iek píepede wie píepeden
du píepest jie píepje du píepedest jie píepeden
hie/ju/dät píepet jo píepje hie/ju/dät píepede jo píepeden
Present participle Imperative Auxiliary Past participle
píepjend Singular píep häbe píeped
Plural píepjet

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