xtayn

Hunsrik

FWOTD – 20 October 2012

Etymology

From Central Franconian Stein, from Middle High German stein, from Old High German stein, from Proto-Germanic *stainaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steyh₂- (something hard).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtajn/

Noun

xtayn

  1. stone
    • 2008, Ursula Wiesemann, Contribuição ao desenvolvimento de uma ortografia da língua Hunsrik falada na América do Sul, Associação Internacional de Lingüística – SIL Brasil, page 30:
      fayer, hochtsayt, xtaynfogo, casamento, pedra
      fire, wedding, stone – fire, wedding, stone
      (note: the words right of the hyphen are in Portuguese)
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