xtayn

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Hunsrik

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Etymology

From Central Franconian Stein, from Middle High German stein, from Old High German stein, from Proto-West Germanic *stain, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (“something hard”).

Pronunciation

Noun

xtayn

  1. stone
    • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, SIL Brasil: Associação Internacional de Lingüística, page 30:
      fayer, hochtsayt, xtayn – fogo, casamento, pedra
      fire, wedding, stone – fire, wedding, stone
      note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese
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