Masurian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish bańka. By surface analysis, bania +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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báńkä f

  1. large round milk jug
  2. tank of a kerosene lamp
  3. (beekeeping) cell in a strip of bee's wax
  4. (botany) type of plant

Further reading

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  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “bańka”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[1], volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 151