welowac

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German wählen + -owac. Compare Silesian welować

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛˈlɔ.vat͡s/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
  • Syllabification: we‧lo‧wac

Noun

welowac impf

  1. (intransitive, dated) to vote (to cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election)
    • 2010, Zbigórz M. Jankòwsczi, “Mòzdrech pò pôłnim”, in Pomerania‎[1], numbers 7-8, Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie:
      Dwadzesce jeden lat temu, 4 czerwińca, wikszosc mieszkańców negò kraju welowała za Spòlëznowim Kòmitetã
      Twenty-one years ago, on June 4, a majority of the people of this country voted for the Spòlëznowi Kòmitet.

Usage notes

Although Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk labeled word as "dated", according to ISJK/ISKJ the word is still widely used today.

Derived terms

nouns

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “głosować”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “głosować”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[2]
  • “welowac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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