Leffl

== Bavarian == === Alternative forms === Leffe === Etymology === From Middle High German leffel, from Old High German leffil, attested as earlier ᛚᚨᛈᛖᛚᚨ (lapela), from Proto-West Germanic *lapil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz (“spoon”), ultimately derived from *lap- (“to lick; to lap”). Cognates include Yiddish לעפֿל (lefl), German Löffel, Dutch lepel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈlefːl̩/ IPA(key): /ˈlefːe/ (West central) === Noun === Leffl m (plural Leffln, diminutive Lefferl) spoon ==== Hyponyms ==== == East Central German == === Etymology === From Middle High German leffel, from Old High German leffil, attested as earlier ᛚᚨᛈᛖᛚᚨ (lapela), from Proto-West Germanic *lapil, from Proto-Germanic *lapilaz (“spoon”). Compare German Löffel. === Noun === Leffl m (Erzgebirgisch) spoon (Erzgebirgisch, informal) ear (Erzgebirgisch, informal, derogatory) airhead, birdbrain, bubblehead, feather-brain, featherhead, jingle-brains, lamebrain, peabrain, pinhead === References === Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 80