béenan
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
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Verb edit
béenan (Sette Comuni)
- to sift
- Darnaach gadrèssel, dar bòotze khimmet gabéent so zòibarnen bon dar büllen.
- After it's threshed, the wheat is sifted to separate it from the chaff.
- to rustle (to move with a soft crackling sound)
- 's gabéenach bon blaatzen ― the rustling of leaves
References edit
- “béenan” 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