séëne

See also: seene

Limburgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzeə̯.nə/
• Rhymes: -eə̯nə

Etymology 1

From earlier sein, from Old Limburgish *sīn (suppleted with *wesaną (“to be”) and *beuną (“to be, exist, become”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be, exist”).

Verb

séëne (third-person singular present béss, preterite woër, conjunctive wüër, past participle gewässt)

1. (Eupen, copulative, with a predicate adjective or predicate nominative) to be
2. (Eupen, auxiliary) forms the present perfect and past perfect tense of certain intransitive verbs
3. (Eupen, intransitive) to exist; there to be; to be alive
4. (Eupen, intransitive) to have the next turn (in a game, in a queue, etc.)

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Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *sehwan, from Proto-Germanic *sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to see, notice”).

Verb

séëne (third-person singular present sitt, preterite soëch, conjunctive siëch, past participle geséë)

1. (Eupen, intransitive) to see; to have sight
2. (Eupen, transitive) to see (something); to perceive by vision
3. (Eupen, transitive or intransitive) to realize; to notice; to see; to find out
4. (Eupen, transitive) to meet (somebody); to meet up; to see; but not in the sense of “pay a visit to”, nor as a euphemism for having a romantic or sexual relation
5. (Eupen, intransitive) to check on; to look after; to see to [with no]
6. (Eupen, intransitive) to decide spontaneously and/or by personal preference; to wait and see

Inflection

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