dunkhan
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn, from Proto-Germanic *þunkōną (“to wet, moisten”). Cognate with German tunken.
Verb
dunkhan (third-person singular present indicative dunkhet, past participle gadunkhet, auxiliary haban)
- (Sette Comuni) to dip, immerse, dunk
- Dunkhet au méttar pulten. ― Dip it in the polenta.
Conjugation
Conjugation of dunkhan – Sette Comuni dialect
| infinitive | dunkhan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | dunkhanten | ||||
| past participle | gadunkhet | ||||
| auxiliary | haban | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| present | ich dunkhe | bar dunkhan | i | ich dunkhe | bar dunkhan |
| du dunkhest | iart dunkhet | du dunkhest | iart dunkhet | ||
| ear dunkhet | ze dunkhent | ear dunkhe | ze dunkhan | ||
| preterite (composed) | ich han gadunkhet | bar haban gadunkhet | ii | ich dunkhate | bar dunkhatan |
| du hast gadunkhet | iart habet gadunkhet | du dunkhatest | iart dunkhatet | ||
| ear hat gadunkhet | ze habent gadunkhet | ear dunkhate | ze dunkhatan | ||
| imperative | — | dunkhabar | |||
| dunkh | dunkhet | ||||
| dunkhe (ear) | dunkhan (ze) | ||||
References
- “dunkhan” 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