tęga
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɛŋ.ɡa/
- (Greater Poland):
- (Kuyavia) IPA(key): /ˈtɛŋ.ɡa/
- (Central Greater Poland) IPA(key): /ˈteŋ.ɡa/
- Rhymes: -ɛŋɡa
- Syllabification: tę‧ga
Etymology 1
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǭgà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tangā, from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ- (“to pull back, be heavy”).
Noun
tęga f
- (obsolete or dialectal, Central Greater Poland, Kuyavia) longing, yearning
- Synonym: tęsknota
Declension
Declension of tęga
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
tęga
- feminine nominative/vocative singular of tęgi
Further reading
- tęga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “tęga”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 277
- Stanisław Ciszewski (1916) “tęga”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary wielkopolskiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 8, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 98