gabala
See also: Gabala
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German gabel(e), from Old High German gabala, from Proto-West Germanic *gabalu, from Proto-Germanic *gabalō (“fork”). Cognate with German Gabel.
Noun
gàbala f (plural gabel, diminutive ghèballe)
- (Sette Comuni) fork (gardening and agriculture tool)
- De gabel habent drai odar viar sénne. ― Forks have three or four tines.
References
- “gabala” 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