khénnan

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• khennen (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German kennen, from Old High German kennen, from Proto-West Germanic *kannijan, from Proto-Germanic *kannijaną (“to know”). Cognate to German kennen, Scots ken.

Verb

khénnan (third-person singular present indicative khénnet, past participle gakhànt, auxiliary haban)

1. (Sette Comuni) to know

   Khénnesto in bèg ba de büart kan Tröogarn?

   Do you know which road takes you to Alvei?

   Ich khénne khòome. ― I don't know anyone.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• dorkhénnan

References

• “khénnan” 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