bòrfan

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German worfen, from Old High German worfōn, from Proto-West Germanic *worpōn (“to throw, hurl”), from Proto-Germanic *wurpōną. Cognate with obsolete German worfen.

Verb

bòrfan (third-person singular present indicative bórfet, past participle gabórfet, auxiliary haban)

1. (Sette Comuni) to vomit

   'S khint hat gabórfet. ― The child vomited.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bòrfan

infinitive		bórfan
present participle		bórfanten
past participle		gabórfet
auxiliary		haban
	indicative			subjunctive
present	ich bórfe	bar bórfan	i	ich bórfe	bar bórfan
	du bórfest	iart bórfet		du bórfest	iart bórfet
	ear bórfet	ze bórfent		ear bórfe	ze bórfan
preterite (composed)	ich han gabórfet	bar haban gabórfet	ii	ich bórfate	bar bórfatan
	du hast gabórfet	iart habet gabórfet		du bórfatest	iart bórfatet
	ear hat gabórfet	ze habent gabórfet		ear bórfate	ze bórfatan
imperative	—	bórfabar
	bórf (du)	bórfet (iart)
	bórfe (ear)	bórfan (ze)

Derived terms

• dorbòrfan

References

• “bòrfan” 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