LL-L "Help needed" 2002.07.17 (02) [E]

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To: <burgdal32 at mac.com>
Subject: LL-L "Help needed" 2002.07.16 (11) [E]

> Ron wrote:
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>> Can any of you tell me what the meaning of the Drenthe (Drents) Lowlands
>> Saxon word _pong_ is?  I found it in the phrase _een pong vol dreumen_
>> "a {pong} full of dreams".  Might it be a word for 'head'?
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> Hi Ron, Lowlanders,
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> This looks an awful lot like the WFrisian word 'ponge' meaning 'little
> pouch, little purse'.  'A little pouch full of dreams'?  Maybe.
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> Randy Elzinga.

Hello,

I think in West-Flanders we have some words that are related.
pander (paander-pender):a round or oval basket made of fine soft wooden
branches(wissen in Flemish).
ponk(e)-ponte: a money-box or other things like fruit which one hides
and
gathers. -een ponke vergaren
         -een ponke appels
         -iemands ponke roven
         -een ponkske voor den ouden dag
ponken = to gather and a 'ponker' is someone who gathers.

Groetjes
Luc Vanbrabant
Oekene

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