chodzić po gaiku

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “to walk after gaik”.

Pronunciation

Verb

chodzić po gaiku impf

  1. (intransitive, Masovian Borderland) to walk around a village on Wet Monday singing and collecting gifts from farmers
    Coordinate term: chodzić po dengusie

Further reading

  • Małgorzata Kapusta (2017), “chodzić go gaiku”, in Mowa mieszkańców pogranicza Mazowsza (na przykładzie gminy Głowaczów w powiecie kozienickim) (in Polish), Warsaw: Elipsa, →ISBN, page 76
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