Swinneflaask

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Swien (“pig”) +‎ -e- +‎ Flaask (“meat”). Compare German Schweinefleisch and English swineflesh.

The reduction -ie- > -i- is irregular. Fort (2015) explains this as being a result of the stress, which originally may have lain on the third syllable.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsvɪnəˌflaːsk/
  • Hyphenation: Swin‧ne‧flaask

Noun

Swinneflaask n (uncountable)

  1. pork (type of meat)

References
  • Pyt Kramer (2006) Düütsk-Seeltersk Provisoriske Woudelieste‎
  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Swinneflaask”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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