Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

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Verb edit

hichalan (third-person singular present indicative hichelt, past participle gahìchelt, auxiliary haban)

  1. (Sette Comuni) to neigh; to bray
    Bas bills 's ross bénne 's hichelt? Un dar éezel?
    What does the horse want when it neighs? And the donkey, [when it brays]?

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • “hichalan” 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