snaiban
Cimbrian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German snīen, from Old High German sniwan, from Proto-West Germanic *snīwan, from Proto-Germanic *snīwaną (“to snow”). Cognate with German schneien, English snew.
Verb edit
snaiban (third-person singular present indicative snaibet, past participle gasnàibet, auxiliary haban)
- (Sette Comuni, impersonal) to snow
- Synonym: bikhalan
- 'S snaibet. ― It's snowing.
References edit
- “snaiban” 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