Zelandish Lexicon

A, a

ack /ak/ but, conjunction

acwell /ə'kwɛl/ to kill, weak verb

afinde /ə'fɪndə/ to discover (afand)

african /ə'fɹɪkən/ African, adjective

agon /ə'gɔ:n/ gone, past particle

aliese /ə'li:zə/ to save, weak verb

all /al/ all

also /'alsɔ:/ also, adverb

amerke /ə'mɛɹkə/ to describe, weak verb

an /ən/ a, an, one, indefinite article

and /ənd/ and, conjunction

areie /ə'ɹe:jə/ to read out (areed)

B, b

be /bə/ by, preposition

beek /be:k/ books, plural noun

begrinne /bəgɹɪnə/ to ensnare

bejette /bə'jɛtə/ to get

bejinne /bə'jɪnə/ to begin, to start

betwux /bə'twʊks/ between, preposition

ben /bɛn/ to be (em, ert, is, sinde, wes, wie, weern, sie, sien, be)

berne /'bɛɹnə/ to burn (ik barn, jeburne)

bibliodeeke /'bɪbliəde:kə/ library

bicge /'bɪdʒə/ to buy (jeboüt)

bliss /blɪs/ happiness

bloestom, -s /'blœ:stəm/ blossom, noun

boekfoedder /'bœ:kfœ:dəɹ/ bookcase

bottom /'bɔ:təm/ blottom, noun

brouke /'brʉ:kə/ to use

burgsted /'bʊɹstəd/ city

C, c

carte, -n /'kaɹtə/ paper, document, deed, letter

cheese /'tʃe:zə/ to choose

chester /'tʃɛstəɹ/ town, often used to mean central business district

child, -er /tʃɪld/ child

chirn /tʃɪɹn/ to return

coel /kœ:l/ cool

coudlik /'kʉ:dlɪk/ certainly

crocodiel /'krɔkədi:l/ crocodile (crocodilum)

culfer, -n /kɔ:lfeɹ/ dove, noun

cumme /'kʊmə/ to come (coem, coemme)

cunne /kʊnə/ to try

D, d

de /də/ that, what, relative pronoun

deed /de:d/ deed, act

deel /de:l/ part, noun

deep /de:p/ deep, adjective

deer /de:ɹ/ there, pronoun; where, relative pronoun

deer,-0 /de:ɹ/ animal(s)

deewe /'dæʊwə/ to server, weak verb

deg /dɛ/ day

dende /'dɛndə/ while, conjunction

det /dɛt/ the, that, this, definite and demonstrative article

dette /'dɛtə/ what, relative pronoun subject/direct object form

diet /di:t/ direction, purpose, noun

doen /dœ:n/ to do (hy did)

do...do... /dɔ:/ when...then..., adverbial construction

don de /dɔ:n də/ when, relative adverb

dreë /'dɹeə/ to feel (ik dreeg)

dur /dʊɹ/ door

dûr /dʉ:ɹ/ through, preposition

durl /dʊɹl/ hole, noun

dûrwunne /dʉ:ɹ'wʊnə/ to continue

dweel /dwe:l washing, noun

E, e

ee /e:/ river

eedmeg /'e:dmə/ perhaps, adverb

eek /e:k/ including, also, adverb

eer /e:ɹ/ before (in time), preposition

eerst /e:ɹst/ first, ordinal number

eest, -e /e:st/ grace

eestad /e:stəd/ riverbank

efest /'ɛfəst/ religious

eft /ɛft/ again, adverb

efter /'ɛftəɹ/ after, preposition

eftern /'ɛftəɹn/ later, adverb

eier /ɛjəɹ/ eggs

eiturl, -0 /'ɛɪtʊɹl/ window

eld /ɛld/ old

elder, -s /'ɛldəɹ/ elder, noun

elo /'e:lɔ:/ oh, exclamation

erd /ɛɹd/ land, homeland, Heimat

erde, -n /'ɛɹdə/ earth, noun

essol /'ɛsol/ ass, noun

et /ɛt/ at, preposition

ette /ɛtə/ to eat (dou et, subjunctive; hy eet, eete)

F, f

farspeckend /far'sprɛkənd/ telephone, noun, phone is more common.

feeringe /'fe:riŋə/ suddenly, adverb

feië /'fe:jə/ to feed (dou feedzt)

fel /fɛl/ many

ferm /fɛɹm/ benefit, noun

fette /'fɛtə/ to fetch

fleeschmet /'fle:ʃmət/ flesh (as food), meat

flet /flɛt/ floor, flat, appartment

foen /jə'fœ:n/ to catch (dou fi&#234st; hy fi&#234t; hy feeng, jefenge)

folk /fɔ:lk/ people, noun

for /fɔ:ɹ/ for, preposition

forleete /fəɹ'le:tə/ to abandon (forleete, abandoned)

forme /fɔ:ɹmə/ first

forstoppe /fəɹ'stɔ:ppə/ to stop

free /fɹe:/ free, adjective

Friëdeg /friədə/ Friday

fuël /fʊəl/ bird, noun

fulfremdlik /'fɔ:lfrəmdlək/ completely, adverb

full /fɔ:l/ very, adverb

G, g

gange /'gaŋə/ to walk, to go

gjoed /jœ:d/ good, adjective

gleed /gle:d/ piece of coal or charcoal

god /gɔ:d/ god (generally not written with a capital g, even when a proper noun)

gon /gɔ:n/ to go (eed, eië, jegon, agon)

H, h

har, -n /haɹ/ hare

hebbe /'hɛbə/ to have

heló /he:'lɔ:/ hello, exclamation

heedern /he:dəɹn/ storehouse, storeroom (an early word for a shop, now replaced by schoppe, except as a proper noun, where it refers to a local franchise chain.)

heerd /he:ɹd/ heard, past participle

Helend /'he:lənd/ proper name, Jesus, Saviour

hicge /hɪdʒə/ to think

hit /hɪt/ it, third person neuter singular pronoun

hom /hɔ:m/ home, noun

hotte /'hɔ:tə/ to call (heet)

hunte /'hʊntə/ to hunt, weak verb

hy /hi:/ he, third person masculine singular pronoun

I, i

ietmest /'i:tməst/ last

in /ɪn/ in

interpetting /'ɪntəɹpɛtɪŋ/ dancing, verbal noun

irne /'ɪɹnə/ to run (hylie urne)

is /ɪs/ is, 3s present

ivel /'i:vəl/ bad, adjective

J, j

jecoemme /jə'kœmə/ come, past particle

jedave /jə'davə/ to agree to, transitive verb

jedoen /jə'dœn/ done, past participle

jeer /je:ɹ/ year

jedildig /jədɪldi:/ patient, adjective

jeflit /jə'flɪt/ conflict, competition

jegon /jə'gɔn/ gone, past participle

jeheeld /jə'he:ld/ reserved

jehelding /jə'hɛlding/ maintenance

jelike /jə'li:kə/ like, as, adverb

jelieke /jə'li:kə/ to please, weak verb

jelimp /jə'lɪmp/ event

jestern /'jɛstərn/ yesterday, adverb

jet /jɛt/ yet, still, adverb

jetoût /jə'təʊt/ view, thought, idea

jetrouwe /jə'tɹʉ:wə/ to trust, weak verb

jewende /jə'wɛndə/ to return

jewittig /jə'wɪti:/ reasoned, adjective

jewrit /jə'rɪt/ document

jieme /'ji:mə/ to watch over, look after, care for, weak verb, transitive

jif /jɪf/ if, conjunction

Jobson /'jɔ:bsɔ:n/ proper name, surname, family name

Johannes /jɔ:'hanəs/ proper name, masculine first name (Johannem after a preposition)

K, k

kieping /'ki:pɪŋ/ sale, noun

kirk /kɪɹk/ church

knape /'knapə/ boy

L, l

lace /'lasə/ lace

lag /la:/ law

land /land/ country (as opposed to city)

leew, -n /læʊ/ lion

leië /'lejə/ to lead (leedt)

leete /'le:tə/ to let, allow

leeve /'le:və/ to leave, weak verb (leeft)

lied /li:d/ limb

lief /li:f/ life

liefdeel /'li:fde:l/ lot or part in life, noun

lieke /'li:kə/ to like, to please, weak verb

littel /'lɪtəl/ to reduce, decrease, weak verb (litteld)

lleepe /'hle:pə/ to leap

llovord /'hlɔ:vəɹd/ lord, noun

loê /lœ:/ place, stead, used in the phrase on his loê, on's loê, instead

loeke /'lœkə/ to look, weak verb

luve /'lʊvə/ to love, weak verb

M, m

macking /'makiŋ/ making, verbal noun

mann /man/ man, noun

mavel /'mavəl/ to speak, especially formally, to make a speech, weak verb

messedâs /'mɛsəda:s/ mass days, holy days, holidays, in the last sense it has been largely replaced by wecke, watch, vigil.

metsi&#203 /'mɛtsiə/ to cater

mett /mɛt/ mat, carpet

mid /mɪd/ with

misse /'mɪsə/ to miss, weak verb

moedjedank /'mœ:djədəŋk/ thought, noun

moeiër /'mœjəɹ/ mother, noun

moete /'mœ:tə/ may, might, must, auxiliary verb

morn /mɔ:ɹn/ morning

N, n

neese /'ne:zə/ to visit, weak verb

net /nɜt/ net, noun

nie /ni:/ not, adverb

niet /ni:t/ night

niew /niʊ/ new

no /nɔ:/ no, exclamation

noenmet /'nœ:nmət/ lunch, midday meal

nou /nʉ:/ now, adverb

nutt /nʊt/ use, noun

O, o

okse /'ɔ:ksə/ to ask, weak verb

oië /'ɔjə/ workshop

on /ɔ:n/ on, preposition

onbrirde /ɔ:n'bɹɪɹdə/ to inspire, weak verb

onhiring /ɔ:n'hɪɹiŋ/ copy, noun

open /'ɔ:pən/ open, adjective

oup /ʉ:p/ up, adverb

our, -n /ʉ:r/ our, 1pl possessive pronoun

oute /'ʉ:tə/ outside, about, without, out, adverb

over /'ɔ:vəɹ/ over, across, preposition

R, r

reding /ɹe:diŋ/ reading, lesson, noun

reekels /'ɹe:kəls/ incense, noun

reekig /'ɹe;ki:/ smoky, adjective

regn /ɹɛn/ rain, noun

reie /'ɹejə/ to read (hylie reedt)

rerd /ɹɛɹd/ voice, noun

rhaver /'hɹavəɹ/ rather, adverb

riene /'ɹi:nə/ to rain (hit rient)

S. s

schanke /ʃaŋkə/ leg

schie /ʃi:/ shall, will (schold)

schilling, -s /'ʃɪliŋ/ a coin equivalent of a New Zealand 10c.

secge /'sɛdʒə/ to say, to mention (the usual word for 'to say' is cweie)

seen /se:n/ to see; seen, past particle (hy sô, he saw)

seekend /se:kənd/ searcher

sende /'sɛndə/ to feast

seruw, -0 /'sɛrʉ:/ tool(s), equipment, gear

sinde /'sɪndə/ are, pl.present

sleen /sle:n/ to slay, kill (hylie sloeg)

sleepern /'sle:pəɹn/ bedroom, sleeping quarters

smegje /'smɛjə/ to consider

smegjing /'smɛjiŋ/ examination, exam

snack /snak/ snake, noun

so /sɔ:/ so, as, conjunction

soedlik /'sœdlək/ truly, really, indeed, certainly, adverb

songtied /'sɔ:ŋti:d/ time for singing

sowl /səʊl/ soul

spell /spɛl/ story

spendcartspurte /'speŋkaɹtspʊɹte/ wastepaperbasket

speië /'spejə/ to succeed, weak verb (speedt)

sprecke /'spɹɛkə/ to speak, talk (spreck, spreeke)

spurte, -n /'spʊɹtə/ basket, noun

stemig /'ste:mi:/ steamy

sum /sʊm/ some, indefinite article and pronoun

swig /swi:/ quiet, adjective

sy /si:/ she, feminine third person pronoun

T, t

tell /tɛl/ to tell, weak verb (teld)

tellend /'tɛlənd/ narrator

time /'ti:mə/ time, noun

tinke /'ti:ŋkə/ to appear, to seem (toût /təʊt/)

tinkend /'tiŋkənd/ thinker

toe /tœ:/ to

toedeg /'tœ:də/ today, adverb

toejeens /'tœ:jəns/ on the way (to)

toeniet /'tœ:ni:t/ last night

toever /'tœ:vəɹ/ second, other

tumber /'tʊmbəɹ/ dancer

treppe /'tɹɛpə/ trap, noun

twentig /'twɛnti:/

two /twɔ:/ two, number (tweer, tweem)

U, u

um /ʊm/ about, preposition

unhidig /ʊn'hi:di:/ unhappy

utte /'ʊtə/ let us, let's

W, w

waië /'wajə/ to go (ik jewoed, I went; hy weed, he went)

weckne /'wɛknə/ to be born

weene /'we:nə/ to expect

weër /weəɹ/ weather

weg /wɛ/ way

well /wɛl/ well, adverb

welneê /'wɛlne:/ almost, adverb

werd /wɛɹd/ worth, predicate adjective; price, noun

werde /'wɛɹdə/ to become (jeworde)

werk /wɛɹk/ work, noun

werkcreftig /'wɛɹkkɹɛfti:/ mechanical

werpe /'wɛɹpə/ to throw (ik warp, wurp)

wes /wɛs/ was, third person singular past tense

wie /wi:/ to want (wold)

wief /wi:f/ woman

wielo /'wi:lɔ:/ for a while, adverb

wierd /wi:ɹd/ fate

wilk /wɪlk/ which, interrogative adjective

win /wɪn/ friend, used to mean fiance

winter /'wɪntɘɹ/ winter

witte /'wɪtə/ to know (wiss)

woreld /'wɔ:rəld/ world

wrenkwered /'ɹɛŋkwɛɹəd/ trick-or-treaters, plural noun

wrixel wordo /'ɹɪksəl 'wɔ:ɹdə/ converse, exchange words

wuck /wʊk/ week

wuder /'wʊdəɹ/ woodsman, forester

wy /wi:/ we, first person plural pronoun