wiôlgòrëba

Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьryba. By surface analysis, wiôldżi (“big”) +‎ -o- +‎ rëba (“fish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjɞl.ɡwɛˈrɜ.ba/
  • Rhymes: -ɜba
  • Syllabification: wiôl‧gò‧rë‧ba

Noun

wiôlgòrëba f

  1. whale (mammal of the infraorder Cetacea)
    Synonym: mòrsczi kóń

Further reading

  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wieloryb”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1]
  • “wiôlgòrëba”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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