klevve
Central Franconian
Alternative forms
- kläve, kleave (Moselle Franconian)
Etymology
From Old High German *klevēn, *klevōn (attested in the forms clevōne, clivōda), northern variant of klebēn, from Proto-Germanic *klibjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gleybʰ- (“to stick”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklɛvə/
Verb
klevve (third-person singular present kläv, past participle jekläv)
- (Ripuarian, transitive or intransitive) to stick; to be sticky
- Meng Häng klevve vom Hunnig.
- My hands are sticky from the honey.
- Meng Häng klevve vom Hunnig.