kantàun

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Cimbrian

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Etymology

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From Venetian cantón, ultimately from Latin canthus (“rim of a wheel”), from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner; rim”). See Italian cantone and French canton for more.

Noun

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kantàun m (plural kantòine)

  1. (Sette Comuni) corner, angle
    de vìar kantòine bomme hàuze ― the four corners of the house

Further reading

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  • “kantàun” 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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