klankala
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
Compare dialectal German glanken (“to hang, dangle”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun edit
klankala f (diminutive klénkalle) (Sette Comuni)
- line
- an klankala amasen ― a line of ants
- bunch
- an klankala baimarn ― a bunch of grapes
- (by extension) something overly long and tedious
- Ar hat gasóoghet naach an klankala.
- He droned on and on.
- (literally, “He spoke like a line.”)
Further reading edit
- “klankala” 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