abedékhinghe

Cimbrian

Etymology

Related to German Deckung (“coverage”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

abedékhinghe f (Sette Comuni)

1. discovery (act or instance of finding something out)

   De abedékhinghe bon dar Amèriken missabarze me Colomben.

   We owe the discovery of America to Columbus.

2. uncovering (act or instance of removing something’s cover)

   De abedékhinge bon hòizarn missarbarze me sbantze.

   The houses' roofs were blown off by the whirlwind.

   (literally, “We owe the uncovering of the houses to the whirlwind.”)

References

• “abedékhinghe” 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