ghebòot

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German gebot, from Old High German gibot, from Proto-Germanic *gabudą. Cognate with German Gebot.

Noun

ghebòot n (plural ghebòote) (Sette Comuni)

1. command
2. commandment (divinely ordained command)

   Bòlgabar, bénne bar mögan, de sègan ghebòote.

   We obey the Ten Commandments when we can.

References

• “ghebòot” 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