waakse

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian waxa, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːksə/

Verb

waakse

1. to increase, to grow

Inflection

Strong class 6
infinitive	waakse
3rd singular past	woeks
past participle	woeksen
infinitive	waakse
long infinitive	waaksen
gerund	waaksen n
auxiliary	hawwe
indicative	present tense	past tense
1st singular	waaks	woeks
2nd singular	waakst	woekst
3rd singular	waakst	woeks
plural	waakse	woeksen
imperative	waaks
participles	waaksend	woeksen

Derived terms

• folwoeksen

Further reading

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