kijanka
Polish
editEtymology
editInherited from Old Polish kijanka, from kijania, kijań. By surface analysis, kij + -an + -ka.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkijanka f
- tadpole, polliwog, porriwiggle (toad or frog larva)
- batlet (tool sometimes used to beat flax but especially as a battledore to wash laundry)
Declension
editDeclension of kijanka
Descendants
edit- → Belarusian: кія́нка (kijánka)
- → Czech: kyjanka
- → Russian: кия́нка (kijánka)
- → Slovak: kyjanka, kijanka
- → Ukrainian: кия́нка (kyjánka)
Further reading
edit- kijanka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kijanka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Sopoliga, Miroslav (1982) “Ofen und Herd im Volkswohnsitz der Ukrainer in der Ostslowakei”, in Acta Ethnographica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, volume 31, page 327 from 315 to 335
- Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*kyjanъka”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 256
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- Rhymes:Polish/aŋka
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- pl:Baby animals
- pl:Frogs
- pl:Laundry
- pl:Toads
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