måu̯ńă

See also: mauna

Polabian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъlnьji.

Noun

måu̯ńă f

  1. lightning (a flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth)

Usage notes

Attested only in the expression måu̯ńă svetĕ (“it flashes”).

References

  • Polański, Kazimierz (1973) “måu̯ńə”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 3 (ľǫ̇dü – perĕ), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 367
  • Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “måuńă”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 93
  • Olesch, Reinhold (1971) “Mauna Swetet”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 2: P – S, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1132
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