Zelandish Lexicon

A, a

abeck /ə'bɛk/ adv back

abië /ə'biə/ strong verb to expect

abirje /ə'bɪɹjə/ verb to taste (abirgd)

ack /ak/ conj but

acwell /ə'kwɛl/ weak verb to kill

adoun /ə'dʉn/ adv/prep down

afande /ə'fandə/ weak verb to prove

afinde /ə'fɪndə/ strong verb to discover (afand)

aforn /ə'fɔɹn/ adv in front

african /ə'fɹɪkən/ adj African

agon /ə'gɔ:n/ past participle gone

ajinnend /ə'jɪnənd/ present participle beginning

alevednessferm /ə'le:vədnəsfəɹm/ noun sickness benefit

aliese /ə'li:zə/ weak verb to save

all /al/ adj all

also /'alsɔ:/ adv also

amerke /ə'mɛɹkə/ weak verb to describe

an /ən/ indef. art./num a, an, one

and /ənd/ conj and

andwerd /'andwəɹd/ adj present

andwerde /'andwəɹdə/ verb to present

andwerdness /'andwəɹdnəs/ noun present (time)

anti-tigris /'anti:tɪgɹɪs/ noun anti-tiger (used to discribe black stripes on black fur)

areie /ə'ɹe:jə/ verb to read out (areed)

astië /ə'sti:ə/ strong verb to go, to get up, to rise, to arise

B, b

banne /'banə/ verb to call, to summon (in some early entries used to mean 'call by telephone') (been 1/3.s.past)

be /bə/ prep by

becumme /bə'kʊmə/ strong verb to arrive (becoem 1/3.s.past, becoemme pl.past, p.p.)

bed /bɛd/ noun bed

beduw /'bɛdʉ/ noun combat, fight, battle

befell /bə'fɛl/ verb to apply

befeller, -s /bə'fɛləɹ/ noun applicant

befelling /bə'fɛliŋ/ noun application

befeste /bə'fɛstə/ verb to entrust

begrinne /bəgɹɪnə/ verb to ensnare

bejette /bə'jɛtə/ verb to get

bejinne /bə'jɪnə/ verb to begin, to start

bejonde /bə'jɔndə/ prep beyond

belleepe /bə'lepə/ strong verb to leap up, to jump up (belleep 1/3spast)

ben /bɛn/ verb to be; being

berd /bɛɹd/ noun beard

bergje /'bɛɹjə/ verb to preserve

berjewered /'bɛrjəwɛɹəd/ noun berry-flavoured cordial

beschirn /bə'ʃɪɹn/ verb to shave

bestriepe /bə'stɹi:pə/ verb to strip, to trim, to prune (trees)

betiene /bə'ti:nə/ verb to close

better /bɛtəɹ/ comp. adj better

betwux /bə'twʊks/ prep between

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

bewȗrt /bəwʉ:rt/ past participle built

bibliodeeke /'bɪbliəde:kə/ noun library

bicge /'bɪdʒə/ verb to buy (jeboût p.p)

bicging /'bɪdʒiŋ/ verbal noun buying

bidde /'bɪdə/ verb to ask (for), to request

bisgo /'bɪsgɔ:/ noun occupation

bleckhorn /'blɛkhɔɹn/ noun ink cartridge

bleet /blet/ adj inactive

blerig /'blɛɹi:/ adj bald

blietful /'blitfʊl/ adj joyful

bliss /blɪs/ noun happiness

bloestom, -s /'blœstəm/ noun blossom

boek, beek /bœk/, /be:k/ noun book, books

boekfoedder /'bœkfœdəɹ/ noun bookcase

bottom /'bɔtəm/ noun bottom

brastel /'bɹastəl/ verb to crackle

brecke /'bɹɛkə/ strong verb to break ('jebreck 3.s.past)

bringe /'bɹiŋə/ verb to bring (broût 3.s.past)

brouke /'brʉkə/ strong verb to use (brucke pl.past)

broun /bɹʉ:n/ adj brown

bune /'bʊnə/ noun cup (cuppe is more common)

burdlingschell /'bʊɹdliŋʃəl/ noun tortoiseshell (black and white markings suggesting a tortoiseshell)

burgsted /'bʊɹstəd/ noun city

C, c

cann /kan/ aux.verb can 3.s.pres

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

catte /'katə/ noun cat

cheepstoew /'tʃe:pstœʊ/ noun market, usually supermarket

cheese /'tʃe:zə/ verb to choose

chesels /'tʃɛzəl/ noun small stones, gravel, grit

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

Chesterricg /'tʃɛstəɹɪdʒ/ proper noun hilly wooded area west of the city centre

chiefs /tʃifs/ noun seeds

chircolwurd /'tʃɪɹkəlwəɹd/ noun computer

child, -er /tʃɪld/ noun child

chirn /tʃɪɹn/ verb to return

cleensoukend /'klensʉkənd/ vacuum cleaner

cleved /'klevəd/ p.p stuck

climbe /'klɪmbə/ verb to climb

coel /kœ:l/ adj cool

compadder /kəm'padər/ noun fellow, peer

coudlik /'kʉ:dlɪk/ adv certainly

cret /kɹɛt/ noun trailer

cristen /'kɹistən/ adj Christian

crocodiel /'krɔkədil/ noun crocodile (crocodilum)

culd /kɔld/ noun cold (low temperature)

culfer, -n /kɔlfeɹ/ noun dove

cumme /'kʊmə/ verb to come (coem, coemme)

cunne /kʊnə/ verb to try, to test, to check

D, d

datorum /'datɔɹəm/ noun date

de /də/ rel pron that, what

dê /de/ conj though

decke /'dɛkə/ verb to cover

deed /ded/ noun deed, act

deel /del/ noun part

deep /dep/ adj deep

deer /deɹ/ pron there; rel pron where

deer,-0 /deɹ/ noun animal(s)

deewe /'dæʊwə/ weak verb to serve

deg /dɛ/ noun day

dende /'dɛndə/ conj while

derf /dɛɹf/ verb need 1/3.s.pres

det /dɛt/ def/dem art the, that, this, definite and demonstrative article

dette /'dɛtə/ rel pron what (subject/direct object form)

dick /dɪk/ adj thick

diet /di:t/ noun direction, purpose

din /dɪn/ adj thin

ding /dɪŋ/ noun thing

dint /dɪnt/ noun blow, strike

disig /'dɪzi:/ adj foolish

doen /dœn/ verb to do (hy did)

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

don de /dɔn də/ rel adv when

doun /dʉn/ noun hill

dreë /'dɹeə/ verb to feel (ik dreeg)

dridde /'dɹɪdə/ ord num third

duner /'dʊnəɹ/ noun thunder

dur /dʊɹ/ noun door

dûr /dʉɹ/ prep through

durl /dʊɹl/ noun hole

duromet /'dʊɹəmɛt/ noun doormat

dûrwunne /dʉɹ'wʊnə/ verb to continue

dweel /dwel noun washing, noun

dweelwindel /'dwe:lwɪndəl/ noun washing basket

E, e

edniew /ɛd'njʉ:/ verb to renew

ee /e:/ noun river

eë, -n /eə/ noun eye

eedig /'e:di:/ adj blessed

eedigness /'e:di:nəs/ noun blessedness

eedmeg /'e:dmə/ adv perhaps

eek /e:k/ adv including, also

eer /e:ɹ/ prep before (in time)

eer, -n /e:ɹ/ noun ear

eermoenats /e:ɹ'mœnəts/ adv of the previous month

eerst /e:ɹst/ ord.num first

eest, -e /e:st/ noun grace

eestad /'e:stəd/ noun riverbank

eevenmet /'e:vənmət/ noun evening meal, tea, dinner

eeventied /'e:vənti:d/ noun evening

efest /'ɛfəst/ adj religious

eft /ɛft/ adv again

efter /'ɛftəɹ/ prep after

eftern /'ɛftəɹn/ adv later

eier /ɛjəɹ/ noun eggs

eiturl, -0 /'ɛɪtʊɹl/ noun window

eld /ɛld/ adj old

elder, -s /'ɛldəɹ/ noun elder

elder /'ɛldəɹ/ sup.adj older

elderdegn /'ɛldəɹdən/ noun principal

eldern /'ɛldəɹn/ pl.noun parents

elo /'e:lɔ:/ excl oh

end /ɛnd/ noun end

erd /ɛɹd/ noun land, homeland, Heimat

erde, -n /'ɛɹdə/ noun earth

erfodful /'ɛɹfədfʊl/ adj difficult, troublesome

erm /ɛɹm/ noun arm

essol /'ɛsol/ noun ass

et /ɛt/ prep at

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

evnliek /ɛvn'li:k/ conj just as

evnso /'ɛvnsɔ:/ conj just as

F, f

fande /'fandə/ verb to attempt, to try

farn /faɹn/ verb to travel (hy foer)

farspeckend /faɹ'spɹɛkənd/ noun telephone, phone is more common.

fê /fe:/ noun money

feer /fe:ɹ/ noun sudden attack

feër /feəɹ/ adj fair

feeringe /'feɹiŋə/ adv suddenly

feership /'feɹʃɪp/ noun society

feië /'fejə/ verb to feed (dou feedzt)

fel /fɛl/ adv/adj many, much

fering, -e /'fɛɹiŋ/ noun vehicle, -s

ferm /fɛɹm/ noun benefit, rent

fermischot /'fɛɹmɪʃɔt/ noun benefit tax

fette /'fɛtə/ verb to fetch

feur /fæʊɹ/ num four, 4

fex /fɛks/ noun hair, fur

fill /fɪl/ verb to fill

finde /'fɪndə/ verb to find (ik fand)

five /'fivə/ num five (originally fief)

fleeschmet /'fleʃmət/ noun flesh (as food), meat

flet /flɛt/ noun floor, flat, apartment

foen /jə'fœn/ verb to catch (dou fiêst, hy fiêt, hy feeng, jefenge)

folk /fɔlk/ noun people, folk

for /fɔɹ/ prep for

ford /fɔɹd/ adv forth, forward, on, away

fordgon /fɔɹd'gɔn/ verb to go out

forjette /fɔɹ'jɛtə/ verb to forget

forleete /fəɹ'letə/ verb to abandon (forleete, abandoned)

forlorn /fɔr'lɔɹn/ past participle lost

forme /'fɔɹmə/ ord.num first

forstoed /fɔɹ'stœd/ p.p. prevented

forstoppe /fəɹ'stɔppə/ verb to stop

free /fɹe/ adj free

frette /'fɹɛtə/ verb to eat or chew, the subject is usually an animal

Friëdeg /'friədə/ noun Friday

fuël /fʊəl/ noun bird

fulfremdlik /'fɔlfrəmdlək/ adv completely

fulje /'fʊljə/ verb to follow

full /fɔl/ adv very

furder /'fʊɹdəɹ/ adv further

G, g

gaiërn /'gajəɹn/ verb to collect, to gather

game /'gamə/ noun game, sometimes primary school, schoel has wider use

gange /'gaŋə/ verb to walk, to go

gjoed /jœd/ adj good; weak adj gjoeië /'jœjə/

gjoedwief /jœdwif/ noun title of address to a woman, Mrs, Miss, moeiër is more common.

gleed /gled/ noun piece of coal or charcoal

gleew /glæʊ/ noun pleasure

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

godcund /'gɔdkʊnd/ divine

gon /gɔn/ verb to go (eed, eië, jegon, agon)

gree /gɹe/ adj grey, gray

greet /gɹet/ adj big

greetness /'gɹetnəs/ noun height

H, h

har, -n /haɹ/ noun hare

hê /he:/ adj high

hebbe /'hɛbə/ verb to have

helde /'hɛldə/ verb to keep

heló /he:'lɔ:/ excl hello

helpe /'hɛlpə/ strong verb to help (sy halp)

heedern /he:dəɹn/ noun 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.)

heer /he:ɹ/ pron here

heer /he:ɹ/ noun hair

heerd /he:ɹd/ p.p heard, past participle

heest /he:st/ sup adj highest

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

Helfwegwrid /'hɛlfwɛrɪd/ proper name a suburb

helpe /'hɛlpə/ verb to help

herm /hɛɹm/ noun hurt

herte /'hɛɹtə/ noun heart

hevig /'hɛvi:/ adj heavy

hicge /hɪdʒə/ verb to think (hôt 3.s.present; ik hôd 1.s.past)

hiër /hiəɹ/ adv to here, this way, hither

hir /hɪɹ/ poss.pron her 3.s.fem

hit /hɪt/ pron it, 3.s.neut

holetting /'hɔlətiŋ/ noun greeting

holig /'hɔli:/ adj holy

holwend /hɔlwənd/ adj healing

hom /hɔm/ noun home

hope /'hɔpə/ weak verb to hope

hotte /'hɔtə/ vt to call (heet 1/3.s.past)

houro /'hʉɹɔ/ adv indeed

hous /hʉs/ noun house

hund /hʊnd/ noun dog

hunte /'hʊntə/ weak verb to hunt, weak verb

hurd /hʊɹd/ noun vet, vetinarian, vetinary doctor

hy /hi:/ pron he, 3.s.masc

I, i

ietmest /'itməst/ last

in /ɪn/ in

inbords /'ɪmbɔ:ɹdz/ at home

ingon /iŋ'gɔn/ verb to enter (ineed, 1.s.past)

inne /'ɪnə/ adv in (early form; bin is more common)

interpetting /'ɪntəɹpɛtɪŋ/ dancing, verbal noun

irne /'ɪɹnə/ to run (hylie urne)

is /ɪs/ is, 3s present

ivel /'ivəl/ bad, adjective

J, j

jeâte /jə'a:tə/ weak verb to esteem, to value

jecheese /jə'ʧezə/ verb to decide (jechorn p.p.)

jecleense /jə'clensə/ verb to clean

jecoemme /jə'kœmə/ past participle come

jedave /jə'davə/ vt to agree to

jedoen /jə'dœn/ past participle done

jeë /jeə/ to give

jeer /je:ɹ/ noun year

jedildig /jədɪldi:/ adj patient

jeflit /jə'flɪt/ noun conflict, competition

jefrette /jə'frɛtə/ to eat (used of animals), weak verb

jegon /jə'gɔn/ past participle gone

jeheelde /jə'held/ past participle reserved, stuck

jehelding /jə'hɛlding/ noun maintenance

jeknucke /jək'nʊkə/ weak verb to knock

jelang (et) /jə'laŋ/ adj belonging (to)

jelde /'jɛldə/ verb to pay

jelike /jə'likə/ adv like, as

jelieke /jə'likə/ weak verb to please

jelimp /jə'lɪmp/ noun event

jeman /jə'man/ adj common

jemoet /jə'mœt/ noun meeting

jeruwed /'jɛɹʉd/ past participle already

jeseeligness /jə'se:li:nəs/ noun happiness

jestern /'jɛstərn/ adv yesterday

jet /jɛt/ adv yet, still

jeschie /jə'ʃi/ noun pair of shoes

jeseeke /jə'sekə/ verb to go (to) (jesoûte)

jesomning /jə'sɔmniŋ/ noun gathering, assembly

jet /jɛt/ adv yet, still

jetoût /jə'təʊt/ noun view, thought, idea

jetrouwe /jə'tɹʉwə/ weak verb to trust

jetwisen /jə'twɪzən/ pl.noun twins

jewelke /jə'wɛlkə/ weak verb to curl up

jewende /jə'wɛndə/ weak verb to return

jewittig /jə'wɪti:/ adj reasoned

jewrit /jə'rɪt/ noun document

jieme /'jimə/ weak verb, vt to watch over, look after, care for

jif /jɪf/ conj if

jo /jɔ/ adv already, ago, of old

Jobson /'jɔbsɔn/ proper name, surname, family name

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

K, k

kieping /'kipɪŋ/ noun sale

kill /kɪl/ noun bottle

kinn /kɪn/ noun kind

kirk /kɪɹk/ noun church

knape /'knapə/ noun boy

kniet /knit/ noun knight

L, l

lace /'lasə/ noun lace

lag /la:/ noun law

land /land/ noun country (as opposed to city)

lang /laŋ/ adj long

lave /'lavə/ verb to invite

lecge /'lɛdʒə/ verb to lie (legt 3.s.pres)

leew, -n /læʊ/ noun lion

leië /'lejə/ verb to lead (leedt 3.s.pres)

leete /'le:tə/ verb to let, allow

leeve /'levə/ pl.noun permissions

leeve /'levə/ weak verb to leave (leeft 3.s.pres, leeved 1/3.s.past)

lex /lɛx/ noun salmon

libbe /'lɪbə/ verb to live, living

lied /lid/ noun limb

lief /lif/ noun life

liefdeel /'lifdel/ noun lot or part in life

lieke /'likə/ weak verb to like, to please

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

litwoen /'lɪtwœn/ adv a little, a bit

lleepe /'hlepə/ verb to leap

lock /lɔk/ noun sport, play, practice

llovord /'hlɔvəɹd/ noun lord

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

loeke /'lœkə/ weak verb to look

luve /'lʊvə/ weak verb to love

M, m

m' /mə/ pronoun one

macke /'makə/ weak verb to make

macking /'makiŋ/ verbal noun making

manigfeld /'mani:fɛld/ adj several

mann /man/ noun man

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

melte /'mɛltə/ verb to dissolve

mennisch /'mɛnɪʃ/ adj human

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

metsië /'mɛtsiə/ verb to cater

mett /mɛt/ noun mat, carpet

mid /mɪd/ prep with

midfêr /'mɪdfe:ɹ/ adj mediaeval

Midwald /'mɪdwɔld/ proper name name of a school

misse /'mɪsə/ weak verb to miss

mo /'mɔ/ more (not a comparative)

moedjedank /'mœdjədəŋk/ noun thought

moeiër /'mœjəɹ/ noun mother

moenat /'mœ:nət/ noun month

moete /'mœ:tə/ aux.verb may, might, must

morn /mɔ:ɹn/ noun morning

N, n

name /'namə/ noun name

nêbour, -s /'ne:bʉ:ɹ/ noun neighbour

needl /'ne:dəl/ noun needle

neese /'ne:zə/ weak verb to visit

nemne /'nɛmnə/ weak verb to name

net /nɜt/ noun net

nie /ni:/ adverb not

nine /'ni:nə/ num nine

niet /ni:t/ noun night

niew /niʊ/ adj new, recent

niexte /ni:kstə/ adj next

nimme /'nɪmə/ strong verb to take (noem, noemme)

no /nɔ:/ excl no

noenmet /'nœ:nmət/ noun lunch, midday meal

nou /nʉ:/ adv now

nutt /nʊt/ noun use

O, o

od /ɔd/ conj or

odiew /'ɔdjʉ/ weak verb to demonstrate

oë /ɔə/ verb to owe

of /ɔf/ prep from, of

okse /'ɔksə/ weak verb to ask

oië /'ɔjə/ noun workshop

on /ɔn/ prep on

onbrirde /ɔn'bɹɪɹdə/ weak verb to inspire

ondagje /ɔn'dajə/ noun appointment

ondwerk /ɔn'dwəɹk/ noun matter

oneelend /ɔ'nelənd/ noun ignition, starter, on/off button

onfundelness /ɔn'fʊndəlnəs/ noun experience

onhiring /ɔn'hɪɹiŋ/ noun copy

onlietend /ɔn'litənd/ noun photocopier

onsteld /ɔn'stɛld/ p.p established, settled

onstolls /ɔn'stɔls/ pl.noun supplies, groceries, shopping

open /'ɔpən/ adj open

ôt /ɔ:t/ pron something, anything, a thing

oup /ʉp/ adv up

our, -n /ʉr/ poss.pron our 1.p

out /'ʉt/ adv out

oute /'ʉtə/ adv outside, about, without, out

over /'ɔvəɹ/ prep over, across

P, p

postling /'pɔ:stliŋ/ noun pill, tablet

R, r

reding /ɹe:diŋ/ noun reading, lesson

reed /ɹe:d/ adj red

reekels /'ɹe:kəls/ noun incense

reekig /'ɹe;ki:/ adj smoky

regjistar /ɹə'jɪstəɹ/ noun register, dative -um

regn /ɹɛn/ noun rain

reie /'ɹejə/ verb to read (hylie reedt)

rerd /ɹɛɹd/ noun voice

rhamsifling /'hɹamsɪfliŋ/ noun garlic condiment

rhaver /'hɹavəɹ/ adv rather

rheed /hre:d/ noun pen

rheern /hɹe:ɹn/ weak verb to move

rhorelbacke /'hrɔ:rɛlbakə/ noun stirfry

riemt /ri:mt/ noun space

riene /'ɹi:nə/ verb to rain (hit rient)

riet /ɹi:t/ adj okay, right; adv directly

S. s

schanke /ʃaŋkə/ noun leg

schie /ʃi:/ verb shall, will (schold)

schilf /ʃɪlf/ noun shelf, drawer

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

schoe /ʃœ:/ shoe

schoel /ʃœ:l/ noun school

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

secging /'sɛdʒiŋ/ noun declaration

self /sɛlf/ noun self

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

seekend /se:kənd/ noun searcher

seel /se:l/ noun season, occasion, opportunity

selt /sɛlt/ noun salt

sende /'sɛndə/ verb to feast

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

Seternsdeg /'sɛtəɹnzdə/ noun Saturday

sette /'sɛtə/ weak verb to set, to put, to place

sibb /sɪb/ noun relationship, peace

siet /sit/ noun sight

siffe /'sɪfə/ conj since

sifling /'sɪfliŋ/ noun relish, condiment, sauce

sinde /'sɪndə/ verb are, pl.present

sleen /slen/ strong verb to slay, kill (hylie sloeg)

sleep /slep/ noun sleep

sleepern /'slepəɹn/ noun bedroom, sleeping quarters

smeck /smɛk/ noun taste

smegje /'smɛjə/ noun to consider, to examine

smegjing /'smɛjiŋ/ noun examination, exam

snack /snak/ noun snake, noun

snoed /snœd/ noun hood

so /sɔ/ conj so, as

soed /sœd/ truth

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

songtied /'sɔŋtid/ 'noun time for singing

sorness /'sɔ:ɹnəs/ noun pain

sowl /səʊl/ noun soul

spell /spɛl/ noun story

spende /'spɛndə/ verb to spend

spendcartspurte /'speŋkaɹtspʊɹte/ noun wastepaperbasket

spending /'spɛndiŋ/ noun spending

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

spitte /'spɪtə/ verb to spit

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

spurte, -n /'spʊɹtə/ noun basket

staved /'stavəd/ adj striped

stemig /'stemi:/ adj steamy

stenk /stɛnk/ noun stink, smell

steps /stɛps/ pl.noun steps

stoel /stœl/ noun chair

street /stɹet/ noun street

sum /sʊm/ indef art/pron some

sunder /sʊndəɹ/ adj separate

swelkness /'swɛlknəs/ noun nature

swert /swɛɹt/ adj black

swester /'swɛstəɹ/ noun sister

swied /swid/ adv very

swig /swi:/ adj quiet

sy /si/ pron she 3.s.fem

T, t

teekster /'tekstəɹ/ noun female teacher

telephone /'tɛləfɔnə/ noun telephone

tell /tɛl/ to tell, weak verb (teld)

tellend /'tɛlənd/ narrator

till /tɪl/ to gain

till /tɪl/ position

time /'timə/ time, noun

tinke /'tiŋkə/ to appear, to seem (toût /təʊt/)

tinkend /'tiŋkənd/ thinker

toe /tœ/ to, per, for

toedeg /tœ'də/ today, adverb

toegaiër /tœ'gajəɹ/ together, adverb

toejeens /tœ'jəns/ on the way (to)

toemorn /'tœ:mɔ:ɹn/ tomorrow

toeniet /'tœ:ni:t/ last night

toever /'tœ:vəɹ/ second, other

toewerd /'tœ:wəɹd/ future, coming, adjective

top /tɔ:p/ top, noun

tumber /'tʊmbəɹ/ dancer

treppe /'tɹɛpə/ trap, noun

treew /tɹæʊ/ trees

twentig /'twɛnti:/

two /twɔ:/ two, number (tweer, tweem)

U, u

uldo /'ʊldɔ/ noun age

um /ʊm/ prep about, around

umwerfe /ʊm'wɛɹfə/ to turn around

unabië /ʊnə'biə/ p.p unexpected

unhidig /ʊn'hidi:/ adj unhappy

universitat /'ʉnɪvəɹsitət/ noun university (dative universitatem)

unkemped /ʊŋ'kɛmpəd/ adj uncombed

unlleste /ʊn'hlɛstə/ verb to unload

unmietig /ʊn'miti:/ adj weak

utte /'ʊtə/ verb let us, let's

V, v

veterinarium /'vɛtərɪnarɪəm/ noun veterinary clinic

W, w

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

wann /wan/ adj dark

webb /wɛb/ noun web

weckne /'wɛknə/ verb to be born

wedding /'wɛdiŋ/ noun wedding, marriage

weene /'wenə/ verb to expect

weër /weəɹ/ noun weather

weestefolk /'westəfɔlk/ noun desert people

weet /'wet/ adj wet

weg /wɛ/ noun way

weldpol /'wɛldpɔl/ noun powerpole

well /wɛl/ adv well

welneê /'wɛlne:/ adv almost

welp /wɛlp/ noun pup

werd /wɛɹd/ noun worth, predicate adjective; price

werde /'wɛɹdə/ verb to become (sy ward, jeworde)

werk /wɛɹk/ noun work

werkcreftig /'wɛɹkkɹɛfti:/ adj mechanical

werm /wɛɹm/ adj warm

wern /wɛɹn/ verb to wear

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

wes /wɛs/ verb was, 3.s.past

wet /wɛt/ interrogative pron what

wexe /'wɛksə/ verb to grow (hylie weexe)

wicke /'wɪkə/ noun witch, wiccan

wie /wi/ verb to want (wold)

wief /wif/ noun woman

wielo /'wi:lɔ:/ adv for a while

wierd /wi:ɹd/ noun fate

wilk /wɪlk/ interogative adj which

win /wɪn/ noun friend, used to mean fiance

winter /'wɪntɘɹ/ noun winter

witte /'wɪtə/ verb to know (wiss)

wlitschien /'wlɪtʃin/ adj lovely, beautiful

Woeiënsdeg /'wœjənzdə/ noun Wednesday

woreld /'wɔrəld/ noun world

woreldwied /'wɔɹəldwid/ noun world-wide

wrenkwered /'ɹɛŋkwɛɹəd/ noun.pl trick-or-treaters

write /'ɹitə/ verb to write (wriet)

writbord /'rɪtbɔɹd/ noun desk

wrixel wordo /'ɹɪksəl 'wɔɹdə/ verb converse, exchange words

wuck, -e /wʊk/ noun week

wuckend /'wʊkənd/ noun weekend

wuder /'wʊdəɹ/ noun woodsman, forester

wunne /'wʊnə/ weak verb to stay

wurmpostling, -s /'wʊɹmpəstliŋ/ worm tablet

wurtettend /'wʊɹtɛtənd/ noun vegetarian

wy /wi:/ pron we 1.pl.subject