klankala
Cimbrian
editEtymology
editCompare dialectal German glanken (“to hang, dangle”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
editklankala 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