hòchala

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Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(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[edit]

hòchala f (masculine hòchalo)

  1. (Sette Comuni) lanky woman
    An hòchalo un an hòchala bènnentzich
    A lanky man and a lanky woman meet.

Further reading[edit]

  • “hòchala” 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