wieruum

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Akin to German warum and Dutch waarom.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /virˈum/
  • Hyphenation: wier‧uum

Adverb

wieruum

  1. pronominal adverb form of uum + wät
  2. why?
    Wierum bääst du hier? ― Why are you here.
  3. why
    Iek weet wierum du hier bääst. ― I know why you are here.

References
  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “wieruum”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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