Masurian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish książka. By surface analysis, ksiéngä +‎ -kä.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʃjonskæ/
  • Rhymes: -onskæ
  • Syllabification: kszión‧zkä

Noun

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ksziónzkä f

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc)
  2. book (major division of a long work, i.e. of the Bible)
  3. ledger (bound sheets of paper used for official records)
  4. (in the plural, zootonomy) omasum, bible (folded part of the stomach of ruminant mammals)

Further reading

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  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “książka”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur[1], volume 3, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 360-361