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leavehearsbistke

leavehearsbistke

West Frisian

Alternative forms

  • lievehearsbeestke (Ameland)

Noun

leavehearsbistke n ‎(plural leavehearsbistkes)

  1. ladybird, ladybug
    • 2001 September 14, Omrop Fryslân, "Stoeptegels tsjin geweld".
      Yn Ljouwert komme stoeptegels tsjin sinleas geweld. By trettjin wyksintra komt sa'n tegel te lizzen, mei in leavehearsbistke dêryn.

Etymology

Best translation of the name is "the blessed lord's little animal". Names for this insect in other languages have religious origins: compare Armenian զատիկ ‎(zatik, literally “Easter”), Russian божья коровка ‎(božʹja korovka, literally “God's cow”), Lithuanian dievo karvytė ‎(literally “God's cow”), Romanian vaca domnului ‎(literally “God's cow”), Breton buoc'hig-Doue ‎(literally “God's cow”), German Marienkäfer ‎(literally “Mary’s beetle”), English ladybug ‎(literally “Lady's (Mary's) bug”).

Cognate to Dutch lieveheersbeestje.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɪəvəˈhɪəsbɪskə/

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