talôr

Kashubian

Alternative forms

• (United States) talar

Etymology

Borrowed from German Taler. Kashubian immigrants misheard English dollar as Taler, a value they used in Kashubia during the German occupation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtalɞr/
• Rhymes: -alɞr
• Syllabification: ta‧lôr

Noun

talôr f

1. (Canada, United States) dollar

Further reading

• Stanislow Frymark (2020) “talôr”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand (in English and Kashubian), Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN