gruuba
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German grūbe, gruobe, from Old High German gruoba, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“hole, ditch, pit”). Cognate with German Grube (“pit, mine”), English groove.
Noun edit
gruuba f (plural gruuben, diminutive grübale)
- (Sette Comuni) ravine, gorge
- In de bèllar zeinta gruuben un grübalen.
- In the woods there are large and small ravines.
Declension edit
Declension of gruuba – 6th declension
References edit
- “gruuba” 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