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Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German kemen, quemen, from Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną. Cognate with German kommen, English come.
Pronunciation
Verb
khèmman (strong class 4 ) (Sette Comuni)
- to come
- to become
Usage notes
This verb is suppletive in the imperative mood: ail! (“(you) come!”), ailt! (“(you all) come!”). These come from the verb ailan (“to hurry, rush, be urgent”) (cognate to German eilen).
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
- present participle: khèmmanten
- 2nd person singular present indicative: khimmest
- 3rd person singular present indicative: khimmet
Derived terms
Further reading
- “khèmman” 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 , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien