kèpfar

Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “presumably cheviro, but why -p-?”)

Noun

kèpfar m

1. (Sette Comuni) bark beetle

   Dar kèpfar machet sklòppan de bòichten.

   The bark beetle kills spruces.

Further reading

• “kèpfar” 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