schnijje
Limburgish
Alternative forms
- schnie'e (Krefeld)
- snije (Maastricht)
- sjnieje (Roermond, Sittard, Voeren)
- snieje (various dialects)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃni.jə/
- Hyphenation: schnij‧je
- Rhymes: -ijə
Etymology
From earlier snidjen, from Proto-West Germanic *snīþan, from Proto-Germanic *snīþaną.
Verb
schnijje (third-person singular present schnitt, preterite schnéët, past participle geschnéë)
- (Eupen, transitive) to cut; to carve; to slice
- (Eupen, transitive) to pare; to clip; to mow; to prune; to trim
- (Eupen, transitive or reflexive) to intersect
- (Eupen, reflexive) to cut (oneself)