komàun

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• kamou (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German gemeine, from Old High German gimeinī, a nominalization of the adjective gemeini, from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī, from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz (“shared, communal, common”) Cognate with archaic German Gemeine, Luxembourgish Gemeng.

Noun

komàun m (plural komòine)

1. (Sette Comuni) municipality

Declension

Declension of komàun

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	dar	komàun	de	komòine
accusative	an	in	komàun	de	komòine
dative	aname	me	komàune	in	komòinen

Derived terms

• komàun haus

Further reading

• “komàun” 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