biiza

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• bis (Luserna)

Etymology

From Middle High German wise, from Old High German wisa, further etymology uncertain; perhaps related with Proto-Germanic *wasô, from Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to increase”). Cognate with German Wiese.

Noun

biiza f (plural biizen, diminutive bizale) (Sette Comuni)

1. grass, lawn
2. meadow

   De biizen grüunt. ― The meadows are becoming green.

Declension

Declension of biiza – 6th declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	an	de	biiza	de	biizen
accusative	an	de	biiza	de	biizen
dative	anara	dar	biizen	in	biizen

Derived terms

• biizakhéeze

References

• “biiza” 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