klankala

Cimbrian

Etymology

Compare dialectal German glanken (“to hang, dangle”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

klankala f (diminutive klénkalle) (Sette Comuni)

1. line

   an klankala amasen ― a line of ants

2. bunch

   an klankala baimarn ― a bunch of grapes

3. (by extension) something overly long and tedious

   Ar hat gasóoghet naach an klankala.

   He droned on and on.

   (literally, “He spoke like a line.”)

Further reading

• “klankala” 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