hòchalo

Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “hòach + ? also why the a/o f/m, could be from *-ǭ/ô?”)

Noun

hòchalo m (feminine hòchala)

1. (Sette Comuni) lanky man

   An hòchalo un an hòchala bènnentzich

   A lanky man and a lanky woman meet.

Further reading

• “hòchalo” 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