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labööre̩

Limburgish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French labourer (“to plough”),[1] from Middle French labourer, from Old French laborer, from Latin laborare, from labor (“labor, toil, work, exertion”). The second sense of performing difficult labour in general is possibly directly from Middle French labourer or Middle Dutch labeuren[2].

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlaˌbøː.ʁə/, /laˈbøː.ʁə/

Verb

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labööre̩ (weak, third-person singular present labööre̩t, preterite laböörde or labööret, past participle c͜he̩laböört, auxiliary verb han) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, widespread in West Limburgish, Central Limburgish, less common in East Limburgish and Southeast Limburgish)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to labour, to toil (on a field)
  2. (intransitive, uncommon) to toil, to struggle

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References

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  1. ^ Woordenboek van de Limburgse Dialecten, W. W. (1983). Assen/Maastricht 1983-; dr. A. Weijnen, dr. J. Goossens, drs. P. Goossens.
  2. ^ Nachträge zum Rheinischen Wörterbuch, digitalisierte Fassung im Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/23, <https://www.woerterbuchnetz.de/RhWBN?lemid=L00006>, abgerufen am 17.03.2023
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