gatënk

Kashubian

Alternative forms

• gatunk

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish gatunek or from German Gattung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈtɜŋk/
• Syllabification: ga‧tënk

Noun

gatënk m inan (related adjective gatunkòwi)

1. type, kind, sort; genre; species
2. quality (level of excellence)
3. (taxonomy) species (category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank)

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “gatenk”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego‎^[1] (in Kashubian), page 39
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “gatunek”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “gatënk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022