labööre̩

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• labeure (Veldeke spelling)
• labööe̩re̩, labeuëre
• labeere
• lebeure, lebuère

Etymology

Borrowed from French labourer (“to plough”), from Middle French labourer, from Old French laborer, from Latin laborare, from labor (“labor, toil, work, exertion”). The second sense of performing difficult labour in general is possibly directly from Middle French labourer or Middle Dutch labeuren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaˌbøː.ʁə/, /laˈbøː.ʁə/

Verb

labööre̩ (weak, third-person singular present labööre̩t, preterite laböörde or labööret, past participle c͜he̩laböört, auxiliary verb han) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, widespread in West Limburgish, Central Limburgish, less common in East Limburgish and Southeast Limburgish)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to labour, to toil (on a field)
2. (intransitive, uncommon) to toil, to struggle

Derived terms

• Gelaböör
• Labööre̩rei