liuw

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *lewa, from Proto-West Germanic *lēwō. Cognate with Dutch leeuw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ljyu̯/, /ljou̯/

Noun

liuw c (plural liuwen, diminutive liuwke)

1. lion

Further reading

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