baatarlant
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German vaterlant, equivalent to baatar + lant. Cognate with German Vaterland; compare also Dutch vaderland, English fatherland, Icelandic föðurland.
Noun
baatarlant n
- (Sette Comuni) fatherland, homeland
- 'S baatarlant is des ba òas is gabüurtet.
- The fatherland is the country where you were born.
References
- “baatarlant” 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