kang-kang
Cimbrian
editEtymology
editPerhaps from Venetian cancàn (“uproar”), of onomatopoeic origin. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
editkang-kang m
- (Sette Comuni) noise, din
- Zòbel kang-kang bor nìchtsame. ― Much ado about nothing.
Further reading
edit- “kang-kang” 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