Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

From Venetian badil (shovel), from Medieval Latin badile, badilus, probably related to Classical Latin battilum, vatillum.

Noun edit

bodàil m

  1. (Sette Comuni) shovel
    Dar bodàil, amme bintare, ist ganützet so saufalan in snèa.
    A shovel, in the winter, is used to shovel snow.

References edit

  • “bodàil” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo