instéet
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
Compare English instead, German anstatt. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb edit
instéet
- (Sette Comuni) instead
- Ar hötte gahàt so mègalan dòi, instéet hàttar gamèghelt d'àndar.
- He was supposted to marry this woman; instead he married the other.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “instéet” 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