alteast

West Frisian

Alternative forms

• alteas

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔlˈtɪə̯st/
• Rhymes: -ɪə̯st
• Hyphenation: al‧teast

Adverb

alteast

1. at least
   • 1997, Sjoerd Bottema, “Dwersreed”, in Trotwaer, volume 29, number 5, page 204:

     Ik soe net witte wat myn ‘favorite plakje’ is om te fantasearjen, sa'n plak ha ik net, no ja soms al, mar dat is in plak dêr't ik yn it iepenbier leaver net oer praat, net mei myn learlingen alteast, en al hielendal net oer hoe't ik my dêr hâld en draach en wat myn lichemshâlding is.

     I wouldn't know what my 'favorite place' is to fantasize, I don't have such a place, well sometimes, but that is a place I prefer not to talk about in public, at least not with my students, and all not at all about how I hold and carry myself there and what my posture is.

References

• “alteast”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011