Boare

See also: boare

Plautdietsch

Noun

Boare

  1. plural of Boa (“bear”)

Saterland Frisian
n'Boare (1).

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Frisian *bara, from Proto-West Germanic *berō. Cognates include West Frisian bear and German Bär.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔːrə/
  • Hyphenation: Boa‧re

Noun

Boare m (plural Boaren)

  1. bear
  2. (figurative) big person
  3. (figurative) strong person

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