handle

(Uri) to stroke the teats of a dairy cow until they fill with milk


Schnee

head

Schnee m (plural Schnee, diminutive Schneeli or Schneewli)

Schnee (plural)
Schneeli (diminutive)
Schneewli (diminutive)

From Middle High German snê, from Old High German snēo, from Proto-West Germanic *snaiw.


Wasser

From Middle High German waʒʒer, from Old High German waʒʒar. Cognate with German Wasser, Dutch and English water, Icelandic vatn.


wi

From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Latin vīnum.

(Gressoney, Carcoforo, Rimella and Campello Monti) wine


Gülle

From Middle High German gülle (“puddle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *guljō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeyh₁- (“to gape, yawn”), whence Proto-Germanic *gīnaną. Cognate with German Gülle (“liquid manure”), Cimbrian gülla (“vomit”), also Middle Low German gōle (“swamp”), Swedish göl (“puddle”), dialectal Norwegian gyl (“cleft”), and Finnish kulju (“quagmire”) (which was borrowed from North Germanic).

der

puddle, especially of slurry (liquid manure)


Bier

From Middle High German bier, from Old High German bior, from Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ, from Proto-Germanic *beuzą (“beer”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰews- (“dross, sediment, brewer's yeast”).
Cognate with German Bier, Dutch bier, English beer, Icelandic bjór. More at beer.


Meer

From Middle High German mere, mer, from Old High German meri, from Proto-West Germanic *mari. Cognate with German Meer, Dutch meer (“lake”), English mere (“sea, lake”).


Schild

(Uri) A triangle-shaped snow deposition formed as a result of a small avalanche.


galt

From Middle High German galt.
Compare Cimbrian galt (“not milch; barren”), Carinthian galt (“infertile or pregnant (therefore not milch)”), Swabian gall (“(of sheep) not pregnant”), German gelt (“infertile”), Tyrolean galt (“unfarmed land”), Danish gold (“barren; sterile; not milch”), Old Swedish galdvider (“barren tree”).


milch

From Old High German miluh, from Proto-Germanic *meluks. Cognate with German Milch, Dutch melk, English milk, Swedish mjölk, Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌿𐌺𐍃 (miluks).


schnei

From Middle High German snē, from Old High German snēo from Proto-Germanic *snaiwaz (“snow”). Cognate with German Schnee, Dutch sneeuw, English snow, Icelandic snær.


Iis

From Middle High German and Old High German īs. Cognate with German Eis, Dutch ijs, English ice, Swedish is.


Wii

I will de ine cho und ech öppis z'Abed bringe. E chli Wi und Brot.

I'll come in later and bring you something for supper. A little wine and bread.

1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript)

If he's coming n the morning, I surely can't offer him wine', otherwise he'll think: Aha, an alcoholic…

Wän er am Morge chunt, chan ich äm doch sicher kchai Wii aabüte, sus dänkcht de no: Ah, Alkchoholikcherin…


wasser

From Middle High German waʒʒer, from Old High German waʒʒar, from Proto-Germanic *watōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥. Cognate with German Wasser, Dutch and English water, Icelandic vatn.

(Gressoney, Issime, Carcoforo, Formazza) water


wéin

From Middle High German wīn, from Old High German wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn.


süfä

From Old High German sūfan, from Proto-Germanic *sūpaną. Cognate with German saufen, German Low German supen, Dutch zuipen, Saterland Frisian suupe, English sup, Icelandic súpa.


Chett

(Uri) the wooden water channel of a mill


mëlch

From Middle High German mëlch, melk, from Old High German melch, from Proto-West Germanic *melk, from Proto-Germanic *melkaz (“milky, milk-giving”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂melǵ- (“to wipe, wipe off, milk”). Cognate with German melk, Low German melke, Saterland Frisian meelk, English milch, Icelandic milkur, mjólkur.


schlësme

(Uri, of snowflakes) To undergo rounding, a process that occurs under high snow temperatures and weak temperature gradients, in which the sharp edges of a snowflake are rounded, forming round grains or "rounds", thus minimizing surface area of the snowflakes and strengthening the snowpack.


presch

(Uri, of the udders of a cow) bursting with milk


Brënte

(Uri) A wooden milk bottle carrier worn on the back.


guggse

(Uri, of snowstorms) to rage (storm violently)


Folle

From Medieval Latin follis (“bellows, sack, bag”).


ubermaale

(Uri) to milk only once daily, or only occasionally


aaber

From Middle High German āber, from Old High German ābar, from Latin aprīcus (“sunny, warmed by the sun”). Alternatively, a derivative of beran (“to bear”), meaning “not bearing (snow)”. Cognate with German aper.


struensle

(Uri) To milk poorly or clumsily, so that the stream splits.


Fiire

From Middle High German virne, from Old High German firni, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz (“previous; recent”). Doublet of fëret (“last year”).

inh

(Uri) firn (a type of old snow which has gone through multiple thaw and refreeze cycles)


Tunsch

atmospheric pressure
atmospheric pressure

(Uri) The change in atmospheric pressure created by a powder avalanche.


Ziisse

(Uri) the stream of milk produced by the udder


astütze

(Uri) to bring a drinking glass to one's mouth


Gebse

From Middle High German *gebse, *gebze, from Old High German gebiza, gebita (“dish, bowl, basin, vessel”), probably from Late Latin gabata (“deep dish, platter”). Cognate with Bavarian Gebsa (“bowl, basin, vessel”).


Laui

Shortened form of Lauwin, from Old High German lowin, lewina, from Late Latin lābīna (“landslide; slippery place”).


schlësem

Compare schlësme (“to undergo rounding”)

(Uri, of snowflakes) rounded; having undergone rounding


Kaafe

From French café, from Italian caffè, from Ottoman Turkish قهوه (kahve), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa).


Bluet

From Middle High German bluot, from Old High German bluot, from Proto-West Germanic *blōd, from Proto-Germanic *blōþą.