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Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch schouder, from Old Dutch *sculdero, from Proto-West Germanic *skuldru.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃɔu̯.əʀ/, (western dialects) /ˈʃɔw.əʀ/
- IPA(key): (Maastrichtian)
Noun
sjouwer f (plural sjouwere or sjouwers or sjouwersj, diminutive sjuierke or sjuiwerke or sjuiersje)
- (widespread variant, especially in Dutch Limburg) shoulder
- Synonym: (Bilzen, Tongeren, and Kinrooi) assel