biiza

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

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”).[1] 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

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
  1. Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 3276, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 3276
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