khèmman

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• khemmen, ken

Etymology

From Middle High German kemen, quemen, from Old High German kweman, from Proto-West Germanic *kweman, from Proto-Germanic *kwemaną. Cognate with German kommen, English come.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kxɛː.mɐn]

Verb

khèmman (strong class 4 ) (Sette Comuni)

1. to come
2. to become

Usage notes

This verb is suppletive in the imperative mood: ail! (“(you) come!”), ailt! (“(you all) come!”). These come from the verb ailan (“to hurry, rush, be urgent”) (cognate to German eilen).

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• present participle: khèmmanten
• 2nd person singular present indicative: khimmest
• 3rd person singular present indicative: khimmet

Derived terms

• dorkhèmman
• gakhèmmach
• khèmman drau
• khèmmante
• vóarkhèmmar
• vorkhèmman

Further reading

• “khèmman” 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
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien