instéet

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Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Compare English instead, German anstatt. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb[edit]

instéet

  1. (Sette Comuni) instead
    Ar hötte gahàt so mègalan dòi, instéet hàttar gamèghelt d'àndar.
    He was supposted to marry this woman; instead he married the other.

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Further reading[edit]

  • “instéet” 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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