bènten
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Cimbrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Venetian fénta (“pretence, feint”), ultimately from Latin fingō (“dissemble, deceive”).
Noun
[edit]bènten f pl (plurale tantum)
- pretense, feint
- Machan bènten goilan. ― pretending to cry (literally, “to make pretenses of crying”)
References
[edit]- “bènten” 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