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West Frisian
Etymology
From tsjerke (“church”) + ûle (“owl”).
Noun
tsjerkûle c (plural tsjerkûlen, diminutive tsjerkûltsje)
- (rare) barn owl, owl of the genus Tyto
- Synonym: goudûle
Further reading
- “tsjerkûle”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011