bèttar

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Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German weter, from Old High German wetar, from Proto-Germanic *wedrą (weather). Cognate with German Wetter, English weather.

Noun[edit]

bèttar n (plural bèttardar) (Luserna, Sette Comuni)

  1. weather
  2. storm
    An bèttar machet saldo dabòrte.
    A storm is always scary.
  3. cyclone

References[edit]

  • “bèttar” 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
  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien