Kashubian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ustava. By surface analysis, deverbal from ùstawic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /wusˈtava/
  • Rhymes: -ava
  • Syllabification: ùs‧ta‧wa

Noun

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ùstawa f

  1. (law) act; statute; bill; law (generally applicable legal act, adopted by the highest state authorities, relating to a specific field) [with ò (+ locative) ‘about/on what’]
    Synonym: ustôw

Further reading

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  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “wustava”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 239
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ustawa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • ùstawa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022