kieca

See also: Kieca, kiecą, and Kiecą

Polish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /ˈkjɛ.t͡sa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt͡sa
  • Syllabification: kie‧ca
  • Homophone: Kieca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ukrainian ке́ца (kéca), from Turkish keçe, from Ottoman Turkish كچه (keçe), from Proto-Turkic.

Noun

kieca f

  1. augmentative of kiecka
Declension
Derived terms
noun

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

kieca

  1. used to chase off calves

Further reading

  • kieca in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Józef Bliziński (1860) “kieca”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 624
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “kieca”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271