bodàil

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Venetan badil (“shovel”), from Medieval Latin badile, badilus, probably related to Classical Latin battilum, vatillum.

Noun

bodàil m

1. (Sette Comuni) shovel

   Dar bodàil, amme bintare, ist ganützet so saufalan in snèa.

   A shovel, in the winter, is used to shovel snow.

References

• “bodàil” 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