wätje

See also: watje

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *hwettia, from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan. Cognates include West Frisian hotsje and German wetzen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛtjə/
  • Hyphenation: wät‧je
  • Rhymes: -ɛtjə

Verb

wätje

  1. (transitive) to whet, sharpen

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

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