kojanàtta

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Cimbrian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Venetian cojonada (“trick, prank”), from cojonar (“to tease, laugh at”), from cojon (“fool”, literally “testicle”), from Latin cōleōnem (“testicle”). Compare Italian coglionata.

Noun[edit]

kojanàtta f

  1. (Sette Comuni) A booby trap made out of snow to amuse children. (clarification of this definition is needed)

Further reading[edit]

  • “kojanàtta” 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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