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looien.

to tan (leather)

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈloːi̯ə(n)/
  1. to tan (leather)

Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch lôyen, louwen, loën, from Middle Dutch loo (“treebark”), from Old Dutch *lō, from Proto-West Germanic *lauw, from Proto-Germanic *lawwą (“loosened material, treebark, tan”).

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