Kujel
German Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
- Cognate with Old Prussian cuylis, Lithuanian kuilýs, Latvian/Lettish kuilis and Polish chujec.[1]
Noun edit
Kujel m (plural Kujel)
- (regional: Low Prussian) tame boar; breeding boar (Stammeber)
- (regional: Low Prussian) swear word used at men
- (regional: Low Prussian) opening in a drying stove (Darrofen) that allows to let off smoke
- (regional: Low Prussian) big tiled stove in the room where flax is sorted out according to quality (Flachsbrachstube)
References edit
- H. Frischbier: Preußisches Wörterbuch: Ost- und westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer Folge. First volume: A — K, Verlag von Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin, Berlin 1882, headword “Kuijel, Kujjel, Kujel”, p. 442.
- ^ H. Frischbier: Preußisches Wörterbuch: Ost- und westpreußische Provinzialismen in alphabetischer Folge. First volume: A — K, Verlag von Th. Chr. Fr. Enslin, Berlin 1882, headword “Kuijel, Kujjel, Kujel”, p. 442.
Plautdietsch edit
Noun edit
Kujel m (plural Kujels)