béetag

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German wētac (“ailment”, literally “woe day”). Compare obsolete German Wehtag (“sorrow”), Low German Koppweihdag (“headache”).

Noun

béetag m (plural béetighe)

1. (Sette Comuni) illness, sickness, disease

   lèntigar béetag ― fistula

   pöozen béetag ― epilepsy (literally, “evil sickness”)

   De béetighe machent daborte. ― Diseases are scary.

Derived terms

• hòambéetag

Further reading

• “béetag” 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