póom
Cimbrian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *bagmaz (“tree, beam”). Cognate with German Baum, English beam.
Noun edit
póom m (plural póome, diminutive pöomle) (Sette Comuni)
- tree
- Alle de póome machent früttent, guute odar laichte.
- All trees produce fruit, whether good or bad.
- beam (large piece of squared timber used for support in a building)
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References edit
- “póom” 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
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien