kang-kang
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
Perhaps from Venetian cancàn (“uproar”), of onomatopoeic origin. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
kang-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