baksan

baksan

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bak‧san

Noun

baksan

1. the reticulated python (Python reticulatus)

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Cimbrian

Etymology 1

From Middle High German wahsen, from Old High German wahsan, from Proto-Germanic *wahsijaną. Cognate with German wachsen (“to grow”), Dutch wassen, English wax, Icelandic vaxa.

Verb

baksan (strong class 6 ) (Sette Comuni)

1. to grow

   Alles bakset amme langase.

   Everything grows in the spring.

2. to sprout

Etymology 2

baks (“wax”) +‎ -an. Cognate with German wachsen (“to wax”).

Verb

baksan (third-person singular present indicative bakset, past participle gabakset, auxiliary haban)

1. (Sette Comuni) to wax

   De baibar baksent de zöllare bon hòizarn.

   The women wax the floors of the house.

Conjugation

Conjugation of baksan – Sette Comuni dialect

infinitive		baksan
present participle		baksanten
past participle		gabakset
auxiliary		haban
	indicative			subjunctive
present	ich bakse	bar baksan	i	ich bakse	bar baksan
	du baksest	iart bakset		du baksest	iart bakset
	ear bakset	ze baksent		ear bakse	ze baksan
preterite (composed)	ich han gabakset	bar haban gabakset	ii	ich baksate	bar baksatan
	du hast gabakset	iart habet gabakset		du baksatest	iart baksatet
	ear hat gabakset	ze habent gabakset		ear baksate	ze baksatan
imperative	—	baksabar
	baks (du)	bakset (iart)
	bakse (ear)	baksan (ze)

References

• “baksan” 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