Gaufflete
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Gaufel (“empty hand”), from Middle High German goufe (“empty hand”), from Old High German goufana. Cognate with Cimbrian gòffala, Old Norse gaupn (“empty hand”) (whence Scottish English gowpen (“double handful”)).
Noun
Gaufflete f
- (Uri) handful
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.