klapfan
Cimbrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “cog. clap?”)
Verb
[edit]klapfan (third-person singular present indicative klapfet, past participle gaklàpfet, auxiliary haban)
- (Sette Comuni) to scrounge, snag, scavenge
- Ze hamme gaklàpfet abe alles bas ar hat gahat.
- She scrounged everything he had off him.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of klapfan
| infinitive | klapfan | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | klapfanten | ||||
| past participle | gaklàpfet | ||||
| auxiliary | haban | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| present | ich klapfe | bar klapfan | i | ich klapfe | bar klapfan |
| du klapfest | iart klapfet | du klapfest | iart klapfet | ||
| ear klapfet | ze klapfent | ear klapfe | ze klapfan | ||
| preterite (composed) |
ich han gaklàpfet | bar haban gaklàpfet | ii | ich klapfate | bar klapfatan |
| du hast gaklàpfet | iart habet gaklàpfet | du klapfatest | iart klapfatet | ||
| ear hat gaklàpfet | ze habent gaklàpfet | ear klapfate | ze klapfatan | ||
| imperative | — | klapfabar | |||
| klapf (du) | klapfet (iart) | ||||
| klapfe (ear) | klapfan (ze) | ||||
Further reading
[edit]- “klapfan” 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