Jersey Dutch
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Etymology
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From Dutch huis. Cognates include Afrikaans huis.
Pronunciation
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häus (plural häuze)
- house, home
1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:En kääd'l had twî jongers; de êne blêv täus;
de andere xöng vôrt f'n häus f'r en stat. […]- A man had two sons. The one stayed at home;
the other went abroad from home to make his fortune. […]