ailai au païs de claiquedant
Bourguignon edit
Etymology edit
Literally, "to go to the country of 'Snaptooth'". Origin of phrase and apparent creature "Snaptooth" unknown; probably from local folklore of a demon, bugaboo or cryptid linked to Hell, now lost to history. However, compare cognate French claquedent (“man shivering with cold”); this then may refer to Hell being seen as dark and cold (the "outer darkness"), hence the first sense. Secondary sense of "to ingest medicine for a winter disease" is even further nebulous.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
- to go to hell (literal or insult)
- to ingest some medicine for any winter disease
References edit
- Vocabulaire raisonné et comparé du dialecte et du patois de la province de Bourgogne, by Thomas Mignard, 1870.