wiôlgòrëba

Kashubian

Wiôlgòrëba.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *velьryba, equivalent to wiôlgô (“big”) +‎ rëba (“fish”). Cognates include Polish wieloryb and Czech velryba.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vjɞlɡwɛˈrɜba/
• Hyphenation: wiôl‧gò‧rë‧ba

Noun

wiôlgòrëba f

1. whale (mammal of the infraorder Cetacea)

   Synonym: mòrsczi kóń

Further reading

• “wiôlgòrëba”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wieloryb”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]