kantàun

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Venetan cantón, ultimately from Latin canthus (“rim of a wheel”), from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner; rim”). See Italian cantone and French canton for more.

Noun

kantàun m (plural kantòine)

1. (Sette Comuni) corner, angle

   de vìar kantòine bomme hàuze ― the four corners of the house

Further reading

• “kantàun” 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