souongni

Norman

Etymology

From Old French soing (“care; attention”) (compare French soigner (“to treat; to nurse; to look after, take care of”), soigné (“immaculate”)), from Frankish *sunnija (“worry, care, concern”), from Proto-Germanic *sunjō, *sunþijō (“truth, care, responsibility”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“being, true”), from *h₁es- (“to be”).

Verb

souongni (gerund souongnêthie) (Jersey)

  1. to look after
  2. to deal with

Derived terms

Participle

souongni

  1. past participle of souongni (“to look after; to deal with”)

Adjective

souongni m

  1. (Jersey) well-groomed
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