hòolan

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Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German holen, from Old High German holōn, from Proto-West Germanic *holōn, from Proto-Germanic *hulōną (“to hollow out, to make hollow”).

Verb[edit]

hòolan (third-person singular present indicative hòalt, past participle gahòalt, auxiliary haban) (Sette Comuni)

  1. to castrate, neuter
    De zàchen söltan zeinan gahòalt bénne ze zeint jung, de manne söltan khèmman gahòalt bénne ze zeint alt.
    Animals should be castrated when they're young; men should be castrated when they're old.
  2. to take out, extract
    hòolan àusar 's khôrnle bon nussen
    to take out the kernels from walnuts
    De khrée habent gahòalt àusar d'óoghen bon dar tòoten gòosen.
    The ravens plucked out the eyes of the dead goat.
  3. to dig, hollow out

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of hòolan
infinitive hòolan
present participle hòolanten
past participle gahòalt
auxiliary haban
indicative subjunctive
present ich hòole bar hòolan i ich hòole bar hòolan
du hòalst iart hòalt du hòalst iart hòalt
ear hòalt ze hòalnt ear hòole ze hòolan
preterite
(composed) 		ich han gahòalt bar haban gahòalt ii ich hòalte bar hòaltan
du hast gahòalt iart habet gahòalt du hòaltest iart hòaltet
ear hat gahòalt ze habent gahòalt ear hòalte ze hòaltan
imperative — hòalbar
hòal (du) hòalt (iart)
hòole (ear) hòolan (ze)

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Further reading[edit]

  • “hòolan” 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
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