todrowac

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Low Prussian toddern + -owac.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔˈdrɔ.vat͡s/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
  • Syllabification: to‧dro‧wac

Verb

todrowac impf

  1. (reflexive with sã) to trudge, to move very slowly
    • 1938, Aleksander Majkòwsczi, Żëcé i przigòdë Remùsa‎[2], page 9:
      Kjej go sę spitlë, czimu lepjij jich njewużije i voli sę todrovac wod mjasta do mjasta, do vsë wode vsë, tej won bodej mjoł mavjac […]
      When they asked him why he wouldn't use them better and preferred to trudge from city to city, from village to village, he was supposed to say […]
  2. (reflexive with sã) to drive or ride an uncomfortable vehicle (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

References

  1. ^ Piotr Bartelik (year-2019) “Geschichte und Gegenwart der kaschubisch-polnisch-deutschen Sprachkontakte”, in Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Językoznawczego‎[1] (in Polish), volume LXXV, →ISSN, page 35

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “jechać, wlec”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “telepać się, wlec”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[3]
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