kobita
See also: kobitą
Naga Pidgin
Etymology
Inherited from Assamese কবিতা (kobita)
Noun
kobita
Polish
Etymology
Dialectal form of kobieta. Compare bida.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔˈbi.ta/
- (Greater Poland):
- (Kuyavia) IPA(key): /kɔˈbi.ta/
- (Masovia):
- (Far Masovian) IPA(key): /kɔˈbi.ta/
- (Lesser Poland):
- (Western Kraków) IPA(key): /kɔˈbi.ta/
- (Przemyśl) IPA(key): [kɔˈbi.ta]
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ita
- Syllabification: ko‧bi‧ta
Noun
kobita f (diminutive kobitka)
- (colloquial or dialectal) woman (adult female human)
- (colloquial or dialectal, Kuyavia, Far Masovian, Przasnysz, Western Kraków, Sławków, Olkusz County, Przemyśl) woman (wife or lover)
- Moja kobita me kocha. (Kujawy) ― My wife loves me.
- Wysyła kobite swojo. (Far Masovian, Przasnysz) ― He's sending his wife.
- utoplecowa kobita (mythology, Western Kraków, Sławków, Olkusz County)
- wife of an utopiec appearing in the form of a frog
- Z kobito i dziećmi swemi. (Western Kraków) ― With his wife and kids.
- Na karczmie osadził pan ôgrodnika z jego kobitą. (Przemyśl)
- The lord settled the gardener and his wife at the inn.
Declension
Declension of kobita
Middle Polish:
Attested forms of kobita
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kobita | — |
| genitive | — | — |
| dative | — | — |
| accusative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
| locative | — | — |
| vocative | — | — |
Further reading
- kobita in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Jan Karłowicz (1901) “kobieta”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 387