zoonlief
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈzoːn.lif/
noun
Definitions
- A parent's beloved son; sonny boy frequently used ironically.
Etymology
Affix from Dutch, Flemish zoon (son) + Dutch, Flemish lief (love, dear, beloved).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
lief
Gloss
love, dear, beloved
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
愛, 恋
Emoji
❤️ 🏩 👨❤️👨 👩❤️👨 👩❤️👩 👰♀️ 💋 💌 💑 💒 💓 💕 💖 💗 💘 💝 😍 😘 😚 😻 🤟 🤰 🤱 🫂
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Mensenzoon Dutch, Flemish
- boerenzoon Dutch, Flemish
- godenzoon Dutch, Flemish
- hoerenzoon Dutch, Flemish
- kleinzoon Dutch, Flemish
- lief Dutch, Flemish
- liefdadig Dutch, Flemish
- liefhebben Dutch, Flemish
- lieflijk Dutch, Flemish
- lieveling Dutch, Flemish
- lieven Dutch, Flemish
- pleegzoon Dutch, Flemish
- poeslief Dutch, Flemish
- schoonzoon Dutch, Flemish
- stiefzoon Dutch, Flemish
- zoon Dutch, Flemish
- zoonsvrouw Dutch, Flemish
- lief Middle Dutch
- sōne Middle Dutch