Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German kemben, from Old High German kemben, from Proto-West Germanic *kambijan, from Proto-Germanic *kambijaną, equivalent to khamp +‎ an. Cognate with German kämmen, obsolete English kemb (preserved in unkempt).

Verb edit

khémpan (third-person singular present indicative khémpet, past participle gakhémpet, auxiliary haban)

  1. (Sette Comuni) to comb

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • “khémpan” 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