See also: woga and wŏga

Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Polish waga.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvɞɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɞɡa
  • Syllabification: wô‧ga

Noun

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wôga f

  1. scale (device to measure mass or weight)
  2. weight (force an object exerts on the object it is on due to gravitation)
  3. doubletree

Further reading

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  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “vôga”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 255
  • Sychta, Bernard (1973) “våga”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 6 (U – Ž), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 47
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “waga”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “waga”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • wôga”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022