hòchalo
Cimbrian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “hòach + ? also why the a/o f/m, could be from *-ǭ/ô?”)
Noun
hòchalo m (feminine hòchala)
- (Sette Comuni) lanky man
- An hòchalo un an hòchala bènnentzich
- A lanky man and a lanky woman meet.
Further reading
- “hòchalo” 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