omale

Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of o +‎ male.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ɔˈma.lɛ/

Particle

omale

1. (Kuyavia) meager; little (not much) [with genitive ‘of what’]

   Mléka latoś omale. ― There is not much milk this year.

Related terms

particles

• omal

 

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “omale”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 274