póom

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• puam, pome

Etymology

From Middle High German boum, from Old High German boum, from Proto-West Germanic *baum, from Proto-Germanic *bagmaz (“tree, beam”). Cognate with German Baum, English beam.

Noun

póom m (plural póome, diminutive pöomle) (Sette Comuni)

1. tree

   Alle de póome machent früttent, guute odar laichte.

   All trees produce fruit, whether good or bad.

2. beam (large piece of squared timber used for support in a building)

Related terms

• éapóom
• khèerspóom
• tragapóom

References

• “póom” 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