Chlempi

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German klimpfen, from Proto-Germanic *klampō (“clamp, clasp, cramp”), related to Proto-West Germanic *klammjan. Cognate with German Klampfe, Klampe, Norwegian klamp, English clamp.

Noun

Chlempi f

(Uri) clamp, clip

References

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 50.

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