bimmat

See also: oktobar

Cimbrian

Etymology

From a contraction of Middle High German wīn (“wine”) + mānōt (“month”), referring to this as the month of harvesting grapes for wine. Cognate with German Weinmond, Weinmonat. Compare also French vendémiaire (the first month of the French Republican Calendar, starting in late September and ending in late October, literally “of the grape harvest”).

Noun

bimmat m

  1. (Luserna) October
    Synonyms: oktòbar, otobre, achte maanont

See also

Gregorian calendar months (Luserna dialect)edit

References

  • “bimmat” 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
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