-lju

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian liōd, from Proto-West Germanic *liud(i), from Proto-Germanic *liudiz.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ljy/

Suffix edit

-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 edit

“-lju”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

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