Bavarian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German kibelen, kipeln, kibeln, kippeln, kebeln, iterative of Middle High German kīben, from Old High German *kīban, from Proto-West Germanic *kīban (to quarrel). Cognate with German keppeln, kibbeln and keifen, Alemannic German kebbeln, Dutch kijven, Old Norse kífa.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰe̞βɛ(n)/, [-βœ(n)]
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰe̞b̥ːl̩n/

Verb edit

keppln (past participle kepplt) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna, Southern Bavarian, Carinthia)

  1. to rail, to nag

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