-lju
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian liōd, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ljy/
Suffix
-lju
- (added to most person-nouns) -s; pluralizing suffix
- frou - woman/froulju - women; womenfolk
- man - man/mânlju - men; menfolk
- eal - nobleman/eallju - noblemen
Further reading
- “-lju”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011