achtzane
Cimbrian
| < 17 | 18 | 19 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : achtzane Ordinal : achtzante Attributive : achtzan | ||
Alternative forms
- àchtsane
Etymology
From Middle High German ahzehen, from Old High German ahtozehan, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun. Cognate with German achtzehn, Dutch achttien, English eighteen, Icelandic átján.
Numeral
achtzane (dative achtzan)
- (Luserna, Sette Comuni) eighteen
- zibantzane, achtzane, nòintzane ― seventeen, eighteen, nineteen
- Achtzane ist de sait benne puuben und diarn bissent das mòant puulan.
- Eighteen is the age at which young men and women know what love means.
References
- “achtzane” 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
- “achtzane” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien