kantàun
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Venetian cantón, ultimately from Latin canthus (“rim of a wheel”), from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner; rim”). See Italian cantone and French canton for more.
Noun edit
kantàun m (plural kantòine)
- (Sette Comuni) corner, angle
- de vìar kantòine bomme hàuze ― the four corners of the house
Further reading edit
- “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