tjuk

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian thikke, from Proto-West Germanic *þikkwī. Cognates include West Frisian tsjok and German dick.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tjʊk/
  • Hyphenation: tjuk
  • Rhymes: -ʊk

Adjective

tjuk (masculine tjukken, feminine, plural or definite tjukke, comparative tjukker, superlative tjukst)

  1. thick
  2. viscous
  3. pregnant

Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of “thick”): tään

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