Masurian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish babka. By surface analysis, baba +‎ -kä.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɒpkæ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒpkæ
  • Syllabification: báb‧kä

Noun

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bábkä f

  1. diminutive of baba (grandma)
  2. diminutive of baba (old woman)
  3. midwife
  4. diminutive of baba (beggar)
  5. babka (type of cake)
  6. (forging) small anvil used for tapping a scythe
  7. (spinning) diminutive of baba (thick, round part attached to a screw next to a stool of a spinning wheel)
  8. board on which flax is tapped
  9. sliver (bundle of unspun fibres)
  10. flail binding
  11. (agriculture) damsel (crossbar on which the upper millstone rests)
  12. (agriculture) piece of wood with a hole in which the lower end of the millstone is inserted
  13. female fish during a spawning period

Further reading

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  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “babka”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[1], volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 138-139