zaag

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaːx/
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  • Hyphenation: zaag
  • Rhymes: -aːx

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch sage, from Old Dutch *saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagu, from Proto-Germanic *sagō, from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”).

Noun

zaag f (plural zagen, diminutive zaagje n)

  1. saw (cutting tool)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Jersey Dutch: sāx, zāx
  • → Akawaio: saga, saka (via Skepi Creole Dutch)
  • → Pemon: saga, saka (via Skepi Creole Dutch)
  • → Sranan Tongo: sa

Noun

zaag f (plural zagen, diminutive zaagje n, masculine zagevent or zageman)

  1. female nagger, whiner (annoying woman)
    Synonyms: zeur, zagemie, zagewijf, zagevrouw, zanikster

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zaag

  1. inflection of zagen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German sage, from Old High German saga, from Proto-West Germanic *sagu.

Pronunciation

Noun

zaag f (plural zaagia)

  1. saw
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