xtayn

Hunsrik

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FWOTD – 20 October 2012

Etymology

From Central Franconian Stein, from Middle High German stein, from Old High German stein, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“something hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃtajn/

Noun

xtayn

1. stone
   • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, SIL Brasil: Associação Internacional de Lingüística, page 30:

     fayer, hochtsayt, xtayn – fogo, casamento, pedra

     fire, wedding, stone – fire, wedding, stone

     note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese