dilla

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German dille, from Old High German dilla, from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“board, plank; flooring, deck”). Cognate with German Diele, English thill.

Noun

dilla f (plural dillen) (Sette Comuni)

1. attic, loft
2. hayloft

   'S höobe, bénne z'ist dórre, khimmet gapracht in de dilla.

   The hay, when dried, is placed in the hayloft.

Declension

Declension of dilla – 6th declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	de	dilla	de	dillen
accusative	an	de	dilla	de	dillen
dative	anara	dar	dillen	in	dillen

References

• “dilla” 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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Italian

Verb

dilla

1. Compound of imperative (tu person) of dire and la.

Anagrams

• dalli