kałfa
See also: kalfa
Sudovian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *galˀwā́ˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH-. Compare Lithuanian galvà, Latvian gal̃va, Old Prussian galwo, gallū.[1][2]
Noun edit
kałfa
- (anatomy) head
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 6, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
References edit
- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 74: “kałfa ‘galva, l. głowa’ 6.”
- ^ “galvà” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. sf. kałfa Kopf”.