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khlapfan

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Cimbrian

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Etymology

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Verb

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khlapfan (past participle gakhlàpfet, auxiliary haban)

  1. (Sette Comuni) to swindle, con, defraud
    Ar hamme gakhlàpfet abe alles bas ar hat gahàt.
    He swindled him out of everything he had.

Further reading

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  • “khlapfan” 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