gòffala

== Cimbrian == === Etymology === From Middle High German goufe (“empty hand”), from Old High German goufa, goufana, from Proto-Germanic *gaupnō. Cognate with Alemannic German Gaufe, Gaufel (“empty hand; amount equal to about two handfuls”) (see Gaufflete), Old Norse gaupn (“empty hand”) (whence Scottish English gowpen (“double handful”)). === Noun === gòffala f (Sette Comuni) double handful (handful using both hands), a gowpen === References === “gòffala” 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