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Pronunciation
IPA(key): /t͡siːs/
Noun
tsīīs
- duck
References
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian tzīse, from Proto-West Germanic *kāsī, borrowed from Latin cāseus.
Pronunciation
Noun
tsiis c (plural tsizen, diminutive tsyske)
- cheese
Further reading
- “tsiis”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011