kawka

See also: kawką

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kavъka (“jackdaw”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Upper Sorbian kawka, Polish kawka, Czech kavka, and Slovene kavka.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkawka/

Noun

kawka f

jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Declension

Declension of kawka

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kawka	kawce	kawki
Genitive	kawki	kawkowu	kawkow
Dative	kawce	kawkoma	kawkam
Accusative	kawku	kawce	kawki
Instrumental	kawku	kawkoma	kawkami
Locative	kawce	kawkoma	kawkach

Further reading

Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kawka”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kawka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaf.ka/
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Rhymes: -afka
Syllabification: kaw‧ka

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka, which is onomatopoeic,^[1] representing the bird’s voice.^[2] Outside of Slavic, it may be related to Old Armenian քուք (kʻukʻ).

Noun

kawka f

jackdaw (corvid of the genus Coloeus)
kawka zwyczajna ― western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

kawka srokata ― Daurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus)

Derived terms

adjective

kawczy

Descendants

→ German: Kawke (dialectal)

Etymology 2

From kawa +‎ -ka.

Noun

kawka f

diminutive of kawa

Declension

Declension of kawka

	singular	plural
nominative	kawka	kawki
genitive	kawki	kawek
dative	kawce	kawkom
accusative	kawkę	kawki
instrumental	kawką	kawkami
locative	kawce	kawkach
vocative	kawko	kawki

References

^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “kawka”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
^ Václav Machek (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia.

Further reading

kawka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
kawka in Polish dictionaries at PWN