bachtala
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German wahtel(e), from Old High German wahtala, from Proto-Germanic *hwahtilō. Cognate with German Wachtel, Luxembourgish Wuechtel.
Noun edit
bachtala f
- (Sette Comuni) quail
- De bachtala machet 's nest in de biizen.
- The quail makes its nest in the grass of the meadows.
References edit
- “bachtala” 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