tsjoenderij

West Frisian

FWOTD – 21 November 2017

Etymology

From tsjoender +‎ -erij.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtsʲuəndərɜɪ/

Noun

tsjoenderij c

  1. witchcraft, sorcery
    • 1948, Jacobus Pieters Wiersma, Aldfaars grûn, Friese Pers Boekerij (3rd print, 2001), page 126.
      Doe't de brouwer te hearren kaam hoe't syn saak der foar stie en dat men him op tsjoenderij oanseach, joech er him efterbaks en wachte te Mitselwier better dagen ôf.
      When the brewer heard how his case stood and that he was suspected of witchcraft, he left in secret and waited at Mitselwier for better days.

Synonyms

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