burztyn
Polish
Pronunciation
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): (16th c.) /ˈbur̝.tɨn/, (17th–18th c.) /ˈbuʂ.tɨn/
- (Greater Poland):
- (Kuyavia) IPA(key): /ˈbuʂ.tɘn/
- (Central Greater Poland) IPA(key): /ˈbuʂ.tɘn/
- (Lesser Poland):
- (Western Kraków) IPA(key): /ˈbuʂ.tɘn/
- (Lasovia) IPA(key): /ˈbuʂ.tɘn/
- (Goral):
- (Podhale) IPA(key): /ˈbuʂ.tɘn/
Noun
burztyn m inan
- (Middle Polish, Central Greater Poland, Kuyavia, Western Kraków, Lasovia, Podhale) alternative form of bursztyn
- Trza jej dać na busztyny, żeby miała ładne syny. (Kuyavian wedding reception song)
- We must give her amber so that she can have beautiful sons.
Further reading
- Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “burztyn”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
- Wiesław Morawski (17.12.2007) “BURZTYN”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “bursztyn”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 238