sijpelen

A frequentative with suffix -elen of early modern sijpen (“to drip”), from Proto-West Germanic *sīpan, from Middle Dutch sīpen, from Proto-Germanic *sīpaną (compare English seep), from Proto-Indo-European *seib, *sib- (“to pour out, drip, trickle”) (compare Latin sēbum (“suet, tallow”), Ancient Greek εἴβω (eíbō, “to drop, drip”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛi̯.pə.lə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: sij‧pe‧len

sijpelen

1. to trickle, to seep

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• Afrikaans: sypel
• → Papiamentu: sipel, ziepel, zipel

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