kuntwora
Lower Sorbian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Perhaps from *kǫ- + *tvorъ (“creature”), or related to Proto-Slavic *komarъ or Old Czech konědra.
Noun edit
kuntwora f animal (diminutive kuntworka)
- mosquito
- wšedna kuntwora ― common house mosquito (Culex pipiens)
Further reading edit
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kuntwora”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kuntwora”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Upper Sorbian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain.
Noun edit
kuntwora f
Further reading edit
- kuntwora in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik
Categories:
- Lower Sorbian terms with unknown etymologies
- Lower Sorbian lemmas
- Lower Sorbian nouns
- Lower Sorbian feminine nouns
- Lower Sorbian animal nouns
- Lower Sorbian terms with collocations
- dsb:Dipterans
- Upper Sorbian terms with unknown etymologies
- Upper Sorbian lemmas
- Upper Sorbian nouns
- Upper Sorbian feminine nouns
- hsb:Dipterans