chéra

See also: chera

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “probably a clipping of cholera, but compare cherlać”)

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈxera/

Interjection

chéra

1. (Near Masovian) Synonym of cholera (“damn it!”)

Further reading

• Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “chéra”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 240