Swinneflaask

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Swien (“pig”) +‎ -e- +‎ Flaask (“meat”). Compare German Schweinefleisch and English swineflesh.

The reduction -ie- > -i- is irregular. Fort (2015) explains this as being a result of the stress, which originally may have lain on the third syllable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsvɪnəˌflaːsk/
• Hyphenation: Swin‧ne‧flaask

Noun

Swinneflaask n (uncountable)

1. pork (type of meat)

References

• Pyt Kramer (2006) Düütsk-Seeltersk Provisoriske Woudelieste‎^[1]
• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Swinneflaask”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN