getouw

Dutch

Etymology

From ge- +‎ touwen (“to tie knots; to make ready”), a now-obsolete verb with a by-form tooien still visible in voltooien. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣəˈtɑu̯/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯

Noun

getouw n (plural getouwen, diminutive getouwtje n)

  1. loom
    Synonym: weefgetouw

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “getouw”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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