schnijje

Limburgish

Alternative forms

schnie'e (Krefeld)
snije (Maastricht)
sjnieje (Roermond, Sittard, Voeren)
snieje (various dialects)

Etymology

From earlier snidjen, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan, from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃni.jə/
Hyphenation: schnij‧je
Rhymes: -ijə

Verb

schnijje (third-person singular present schnitt, preterite schnéët, past participle geschnéë)

(Eupen, transitive) to cut; to carve; to slice
(Eupen, transitive) to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim
(Eupen, transitive or reflexive) to intersect
(Eupen, reflexive) to cut (oneself)

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