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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)
- 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