kojanàtta
Cimbrian edit
Etymology edit
From Venetian cojonada (“trick, prank”), from cojonar (“to tease, laugh at”), from cojon (“fool”, literally “testicle”), from Latin cōleōnem (“testicle”). Compare Italian coglionata.
Noun edit
kojanàtta f
- (Sette Comuni) A booby trap made out of snow to amuse children. (clarification of this definition is needed)
Further reading edit
- “kojanàtta” 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