hichalan
Cimbrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “hecheln”)
Verb
[edit]hichalan (third-person singular present indicative hichelt, past participle gahìchelt, auxiliary haban)
- (Sette Comuni) to neigh; to bray
- Bas bills 's ross bénne 's hichelt? Un dar éezel?
- What does the horse want when it neighs? And the donkey, [when it brays]?
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of hichalan
| infinitive | hichalan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | hichalanten | ||||
| past participle | gahìchelt | ||||
| auxiliary | haban | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| present | ich hichale | bar hichalan | i | ich hichale | bar hichalan |
| du hichelst | iart hichelt | du hichelst | iart hichelt | ||
| ear hichelt | ze hichelnt | ear hichale | ze hichalan | ||
| preterite (composed) |
ich han gahìchelt | bar haban gahìchelt | ii | ich hichelte | bar hicheltan |
| du hast gahìchelt | iart habet gahìchelt | du hicheltest | iart hicheltet | ||
| ear hat gahìchelt | ze habent gahìchelt | ear hichelte | ze hicheltan | ||
| imperative | — | hichelbar | |||
| hichel (du) | hichelt (iart) | ||||
| hichale (ear) | hichalan (ze) | ||||
Further reading
[edit]- “hichalan” 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