Zelandish Lexicon

A, a

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

ack /ak/ conj but

acwell /ə'kwɛl/ weak verb to kill

adoun /ə'dʉn/ adv/prep down

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

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

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.)

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

belleepe /bə'le:pə/ 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

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)

bicging /'bɪdʒiŋ/ verbal noun buying

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

bisgo /'bɪsgɔ:/ noun occupation

bleckhorn /'blɛkhɔ:ɹn/ noun ink cartridge

bleet /ble:t/ adj inactive

blerig /'blɛɹi:/ adj bald

blietful /'bli:tfʊl/ adj joyful

bliss /blɪs/ noun happiness

bloestom, -s /'blœ:stəm/ noun blossom

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

boekfoedder /'bœ:kfœ:dəɹ/ noun bookcase

bottom /'bɔ:təm/ noun bottom

brastel /'bɹastəl/ verb to crackle

brecke /'bɹɛkə/ strong verb to break /hit jebreck/

bringe /'bɹiŋə/ verb to bring (hy broût)

brouke /'brʉ:kə/ verb to use

broun /bɹʉ:n/ adj brown

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

burgsted /'bʊɹstəd/ noun city

C, c

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

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

chiefs /tʃi:fs/ noun seeds

'chircolwurd /'tʃɪɹkəlwəɹd/ noun computer

child, -er /tʃɪld/ noun child

chirn /tʃɪɹn/ verb to return

climbe /'klɪmbə/ verb to climb

coel /kœ:l/ adj cool

compadder /kəm'padər/ noun fellow, peer

coudlik /'kʉ:dlɪk/ adv certainly

cristen /'kɹi:stən/ adj Christian

crocodiel /'krɔkədi:l/ noun crocodile (crocodilum)

culd /kʊld/ noun cold (low temperature)

culfer, -n /kɔ:lfeɹ/ noun dove

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

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

D, d

datorum /'datɔ:ɹʊm/ noun date

de /də/ rel pron that, what

decke /'dɛkə/ verb to cover

deed /de:d/ noun deed, act

deel /de:l/ noun part

deep /de:p/ adj deep

deer /de:ɹ/ pron there; rel pron where

deer,-0 /de:ɹ/ 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 /dœ:n/ verb to do (hy did)

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

don de /dɔ:n də/ rel adv when

dreë /'dɹeə/ verb to feel (ik dreeg)

dridde /'dɹɪdə/ ord num third

duner /'dʊnəɹ/ noun thunder

dur /dʊɹ/ noun door

dûr /dʉ:ɹ/ prep through

durl /dʊɹl/ noun hole

dûrwunne /dʉ:ɹ'wʊnə/ verb to continue

dweel /dwe:l 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

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

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

elderdegn /'ɛldəɹdən/ noun principal

elo /'e:lɔ:/ excl oh

erd /ɛɹd/ noun land, homeland, Heimat

erde, -n /'ɛɹdə/ noun earth

erfodful /'ɛɹfədfʊl/ adj difficult, troublesome

essol /'ɛsol/ noun ass

et /ɛt/ prep at

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

evnso /'ɛvnsɔ:/ conj just as

F, f

farn /faɹn/ verb to travel (hy foer)

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

feer /fe:ɹ/ noun sudden attack

feër /feəɹ/ adj fair

feeringe /'fe:riŋə/ adv suddenly

feië /'fe:jə/ verb to feed (dou feedzt)

fel /fɛl/ adv many

ferm /fɛɹm/ noun benefit, rent

fermischot /'fɛɹmɪʃɔ:t/ noun benefit tax

fette /'fɛtə/ verb to fetch

fex /fɛks/ noun hair

finde /'fɪndə/ verb to find (ik fand)

five /'fi:və/ num five (originally fief)

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

flet /flɛt/ noun floor, flat, apartment

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

folk /fɔ:lk/ noun people

for /fɔ:ɹ/ prep for

ford /fɔ:ɹd/ adv forth, forward, on, away

fordgon /fɔ:ɹd'gɔ:n/ verb to go out

forjette /fɔ:ɹ'jɛtə/ verb to forget

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

forlorn /fɔ:r'lɔ:ɹn/ past participle lost

forme /fɔ:ɹmə/ ord.num first

forstoppe /fəɹ'stɔ:ppə/ 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 /'fɔ:lfrəmdlək/ adv completely

fulje /'fʊljə/ verb to follow

full /fɔ:l/ adv very

G, g

gaiërn /'gajəɹn/ verb to gather

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

gange /'gaŋə/ verb to walk, to go

gjoed /jœ:d/ adj good; weak adj gjoeië /'jœjə/

gleed /gle:d/ noun piece of coal or charcoal

gleew /glæʊ/ noun pleasure

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

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

gree /gɹe:/ adj grey, gray

greet /gɹe:t/ adj big

greetness /'gɹe:tnəs/ noun height

H, h

har, -n /haɹ/ noun hare

hê /he:/ adj high

hebbe /'hɛbə/ verb to have

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

herm /hɛɹm/ noun hurt

herte /'hɛɹtə/ noun heart

hevig /'hɛvi:/ adj heavy

hicge /hɪdʒə/ verb to think (ik hôd)

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

hit /hɪt/ pron it, 3.s.neut

holig /hɔ:li:/ adj holy

holwend /hɔ:lwənd/ adj healing

hom /hɔ:m/ noun home

hotte /'hɔ:tə/ vt to call (heet)

hund /hʊnd/ noun dog

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

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

I, i

ietmest /'i:tməst/ last

in /ɪn/ in

inbords /'ɪmbɔ:ɹdz/ at home

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/ past participle come

jedave /jə'davə/ vt to agree to

jedoen /jə'dœn/ past participle done

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

jeheeld /jə'he:ld/ past participle reserved

jehelding /jə'hɛlding/ noun maintenance

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

jelike /jə'li:kə/ adv like, as

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

jelimp /jə'lɪmp/ noun event

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'se:kə/ verb to go (to) (jesoûte)

jesomning /jə'sɔ:mniŋ/ noun gathering, assembly

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

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

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

jif /jɪf/ conj if

jo /jɔ:/ adv already, ago, of old

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

kill /kɪl/ bottle, noun

kirk /kɪɹk/ church

knape /'knapə/ boy

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

leew, -n /læʊ/ noun lion

leië /'lejə/ verb to lead (leedt)

leete /'le:tə/ verb to let, allow

leeve /'le:və/ pl.noun permissions

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

lex /lɛx/ noun salmon

libbe /'lɪbə/ verb to live, living

lied /li:d/ noun limb

lief /li:f/ noun life

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

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

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

lleepe /'hle:pə/ verb to leap

lock /lɔ:k/ noun sport, play, practice

llovord /'hlɔ:vəɹd/ 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

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

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

Midwald /'mɪdwɔ:ld/ proper name name of a school

misse /'mɪsə/ weak verb to miss

moedjedank /'mœ:djədəŋk/ 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/ name, noun

nêbour, -s /'ne:bʉ:ɹ/ neighbour

neese /'ne:zə/ to visit, weak verb

nemne /'nɛmnə/ to name, weak verb

net /nɜt/ net, noun

nie /ni:/ not, adverb

nine /'ni:nə/ nine

niet /ni:t/ night

niew /niʊ/ new, recent

niexte /ni:kstə/ next

nimme /'nɪmə/ to take (noem, noemme)

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

onfundelness /ɔ:n'fʊndəlnəs/ experience, noun

onhiring /ɔ:n'hɪɹiŋ/ copy, noun

onlietend /ɔ:n'li:tənd/ photocopier

open /'ɔ:pən/ open, adjective

ôt /ɔ:t/ something

oup /ʉ:p/ up, adverb

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

out /'ʉ:t/ out, adverb

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

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

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/ 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.

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

sibb /sɪb/ noun relationship, peace

siffe /'sɪfə/ conj since

sifling /'sɪfliŋ/ noun relish, condiment, sauce

sinde /'sɪndə/ verb are, pl.present

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

sleep /sle:p/ noun sleep

sleepern /'sle:pəɹn/ noun bedroom, sleeping quarters

smeck /smɛk/ noun taste

smegje /'smɛjə/ noun to consider

smegjing /'smɛjiŋ/ noun examination, exam

snack /snak/ noun snake, noun

so /sɔ:/ conj so, as

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

songtied /'sɔ:ŋti:d/ '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)

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

spurte, -n /'spʊɹtə/ noun basket

stemig /'ste:mi:/ adj steamy

sum /sʊm/ indef art/pron some

swert /swɛɹt/ adj black

swied /swi:d/ adv very

swig /swi:/ adj quiet

sy /si:/ pron she 3.s.fem

T, t

tell /tɛl/ to tell, weak verb (teld)

tellend /'tɛlənd/ narrator

till /tɪl/ to gain

till /tɪl/ position

time /'ti:mə/ time, noun

tinke /'ti:ŋkə/ 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

um /ʊm/ prep about

unhidig /ʊn'hi:di:/ adj unhappy

universitat /'ʉ:nɪvəɹsitət/ noun university (dative universitatem)

unkemped /ʊŋ'kɛmpəd/ adj uncombed

unmietig /ʊn'mi:ti:/ adj weak

utte /'ʊtə/ verb let us, let's

W, w

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

webb /wɛb/ noun web

weckne /'wɛknə/ verb to be born

wedding /'wɛdiŋ/ noun wedding, marriage

weene /'we:nə/ verb to expect

weër /weəɹ/ noun weather

weestefolk /'we:stəfɔ:lk/ noun desert people

weet /'we:t/ adj wet

weg /wɛ/ noun way

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

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)

wie /wi:/ verb to want (wold)

wief /wi:f/ 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)

Woeiënsdeg /'wœjənzdə/ noun Wednesday

woreld /'wɔ:rəld/ noun world

woreldwied /'wɔɹəld'wi:d/ noun world-wide

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

write /'ɹi:tə/ verb to write (wriet)

writbord /'rɪtbɔ:ɹd/ noun desk

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

wuck, -e /wʊk/ noun week

wuckend /'wʊkənd/ noun weekend

wuder /'wʊdəɹ/ noun woodsman, forester

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