weze

See also: wêze, węzę, and węże

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eːzə

Verb

weze

1. (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of wijzen

Norman

Alternative forms

• ouaîsé (Jersey)
• ouaîthé (Saint Ouen)
• ouésé (continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French oisel, from Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis.

Noun

weze m

1. (Sark) bird

Saterland Frisian

Alternative forms

• weese

Etymology

From Old Frisian wesa, from Proto-West Germanic *wesan. Cognates include West Frisian wêze and Dutch wezen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːsə/
• Hyphenation: we‧ze
• Rhymes: -eːsə

Verb

weze

1. (copulative) to be
2. (auxiliary) Used to form the present continuous, together with a present participle.
3. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the passive voice, together with a past participle.
4. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect tense of the active voice of some verbs, together with a past participle.
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:22:

     Dut aal is geskäin, dät dät uutkume skuul, wät die Here truch dän Profeet kweden häd;

     This all has happened, so that it would come true, what the Lord through the profet has said.

Conjugation

Conjugation of weze (irregular)

Grúundfoarme			weze
Infinitive			tou wezen
Present tense				Past tense
iek	bän	wie	sunt	iek	waas	wie	wieren
du	bääst	jie	sunt	du	wierst	jie	wieren
hie/ju/dät	is	jo	sunt	hie/ju/dät	waas	jo	wieren
Present participle		Imperative		Auxiliary		Past participle
wezend		Singular	wäs	weze, häbe		wezen, weden, ween
		Plural	wezet

References

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