boraatan

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• boratn (Luserna)

Etymology

Probably from Middle High German verhīrāten by haplology. Cognate with German verheiraten. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

boraatan

1. (Sette Comuni, transitive) to marry (take someone as a spouse)

   De péede zeint boraatet.

   Those two are married.

References

• “boraatan” 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