sydsulver
West Frisian edit
Etymology edit
Compound of syd (“side”) + sulver (“silver”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sydsulver c (no plural)
- silverware (that women used to wear as jewelry on the side of their clothing)
- Synonym: bras
- (figuratively) wife
Further reading edit
- “sydsulver”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011