instéet
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Cimbrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare English instead, German anstatt. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adverb
[edit]instéet
- (Sette Comuni) instead
- Ar hötte gahàt so mègalan dòi, instéet hàttar gamèghelt d'àndar.
- He was supposted to marry this woman; instead he married the other.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “instéet” 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