Kaszëbë
Kashubian
Alternative forms
- Kaszubë (Southern dialects)
Etymology
Uncertain, and Boryś refutes most etymologies.[1]
- The name could be from Proto-Slavic *koža (“skin, sheep fur”) + szëba, as Kashubians were known for wearing fur coats and hats.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈʃɜ.bɜ/
- Rhymes: -ɜbɜ
- Syllabification: Ka‧szë‧bë
Proper noun
Kaszëbë nvir pl (diminutive kaszëbsczi)
- Kashubia (an ethnocultural region in the historic Eastern Pomerania (Pomerelia) region of northern Poland)
- Synonyms: Kaszëbskô, Kaszëbstwò
Declension
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Kaszëbë |
| genitive | Kaszëbów |
| dative | Kaszëbóm |
| accusative | Kaszëbë |
| instrumental | Kaszëbama |
| locative | Kaszëbach |
| vocative | Kaszëbë |
Derived terms
adjectives
verbs
- kaszëbic impf
- kaszëbiec impf
References
- ^ Wiesław Boryś, Hanna Popowska-Taborska (1994) “Kaszëba”, in Słownik etymologiczny Kaszubszczyzny, volume 3, →ISBN, page 25
- ^ Blank, J. C. (2016) Creating Kashubia: History, Memory, and Identity in Canada's First Polish Community, United Kingdom: MQUP, page 181
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “Kašeba”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 68
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “Kaszuby”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1], volume 1, page 618
- “Kaszëbë”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022