wippelje

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From wipje (“to swing”) +‎ -ele.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪpəljə/
• Hyphenation: wip‧pel‧je
• Rhymes: -ɪpəljə

Verb

wippelje

1. (intransitive) to seesaw
2. (intransitive) to go up and down
3. (intransitive) to waggle; to wobble
4. (intransitive) to jump from one small patch of ice to another

Usage notes

• When used in the sense "to jump from one small patch of ice to another", the auxiliary verb weze is used to form the past tenses.

Conjugation

Conjugation of wippelje (weak type 2)

Grúundfoarme			wippelje
Infinitive			tou wippeljen
Present tense				Past tense
iek	wippelje	wie	wippelje	iek	wippelde	wie	wippelden
du	wippelst	jie	wippelje	du	wippeldest	jie	wippelden
hie/ju/dät	wippelt	jo	wippelje	hie/ju/dät	wippelde	jo	wippelden
Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
wippeljend		Singular	wippel	häbe		wippeld
		Plural	wippeljet

References

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