fanna

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• fånn (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German pfanne, from Old High German phanna, from Proto-West Germanic *pannā, from Proto-Germanic *pannǭ (“pan”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Medieval Latin panna, from Latin patina, from Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē, “flat dish”). Cognate with German Pfanne, English pan.

Noun

fanna f (plural fannen)

1. (Sette Comuni) frying pan

   In d'alte fanna manzich khochan bonallame.

   Everything can be cooked in the old frying pan.

Declension

Declension of fanna – 6th declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	de	fanna	de	fannen
accusative	an	de	fanna	de	fannen
dative	anara	dar	fannen	in	fannen

References

• “fanna” 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

Welsh

Alternative forms

• fynna, manna

Adverb

fanna

1. (colloquial) Informal form of y fan yna (“there”).

Derived terms

• draw fanna (“over there”)

Related terms

• fama (“here”)