zęby babie

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “old women's teeth”, or more loosely translated as “grandma's teeth”.

Pronunciation

Noun

zęby babie nvir pl

  1. (Kielce) synonym of nieśmiertelnik (“strawflower”)

Further reading

  • Władysław Siarkowski (1878) “zęby babie”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 258
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