kampìgol

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Venetan canpìgoło (“small pasture”), a diminutive of canpo (“field”), from Latin campus. Ultimately a doublet of khamara (“room”).

Noun

kampìgol m

1. (Sette Comuni) clearing

   's gras 'me kampìgol is péssor odar des 'me balle.

   The grass in the clearing is better than that in the woods.

Further reading

• “kampìgol” 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