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West Frisian
Etymology
From heffe + beam, calque of Dutch hefboom.
Pronunciation
Noun
hefbeam c (plural hefbeamen)
- lever (rigid piece with a turning point)
Further reading
- “hefbeam”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011