schôpyî

Walloon

Etymology

From Latin scalpere +‎ -yî.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skoːpjiː/ (IPA^(key): /ʃoːpjiː/, IPA^(key): /hoːpiː/)

Verb

schôpyî

1. (transitive, intransitive, the itching person being the direct complement) to itch

   Ça m' schôpeye tocosté. ― I am itching all over.

   Ça vs schôpeye ? ― Does it itch ?

   Dj' a m' dos ki m' schôpeye. ― My back itches.

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to scratch (an itching place)

   Mi tchet a des pouces; i s' schôpeye. ― My cat has fleas; it scratches.

3. (figurative, familiar, transitive, the desiring person being the direct complement) to itch, to desire

   Ça m' schôpyive di lyi dire cwè, mins dji n' a oizou. ― I was itching to tell him (her) about that, but I dared not.

4. (figurative, familiar, transitive) to pinch, to swipe, to nick

   I m' ont schôpyî m' bele nouve monte. ― I had my nice new watch pinched.

Conjugation

   —         —   Conjugation of the verb schôpyî in Walloon   —   Codjowaedje do viebe schôpyî e walon

infinitive			schôpyî
gerund			schôpiant
auxiliary			aveur
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		schôpyî		schôpieye
		plural		schôpyîs		schôpieyes
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		dji (dj')	ti (t')	i (il) / ele	dji (dj') / nos	vos	i (il)
	present	schôpeye	schôpeyes	schôpeye	schôpians	schôpyîz	schôpièt or schôpeynut
	imperfect	schôpive	schôpives	schôpive	schôpiéns	schôpyîz	schôpiént
	preterit	schôpia	schôpias	schôpia	schôpyîs	schôpyîz	schôpyît
	future	schôpeyrè	schôpeyrès	schôpeyrè	schôpeyrans	schôpeyroz	schôpeyront
	conditional	schôpeyreu	schôpeyreus	schôpeyreut	schôpeyréns	schôpeyrîz	schôpeyrént
subjunctive		ki dj'	ki t'	k' i (il) / k' ele	ki dj' / ki nos	ki vos	k' i (il)
	present	schôpeye	schôpeyes	schôpeye	schôpianxhe	schôpyîxhe	schôpièxhe or schôpeynuxhe
	imperfect	schôpiaxhe	schôpiaxhes	schôpiaxhe	schôpiénxhe	schôpyîxhe	schôpiénxhe
imperative		—	ti	—	dji / nos	vos	—
	affirmative		schôpeye		schôpians	schôpyîz

Derived terms

• schôpe
• schôpiaedje, schôpiant, schôpeymint, schôpiêye, schôpieure, schôpia
• rischôpyî