lewô

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *leh₂-der.
Proto-Indo-European *-wósder.
Proto-Slavic *lě̑vъ
Kashubian lewi
Kashubian -ô
Kashubian lewô

    From lewi + -ô.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.vɞ/
    • Rhymes: -ɛvɞ
    • Syllabification: le‧wô

    Noun

    lewô f (male equivalent lewi)

    1. (nominalized) female equivalent of lewi (“leftie”) (left-handed person)
    2. (nominalized) left side

    Noun

    lewô m animal

    1. leftie (horse harnessed to the left of the shaft)

    Further reading

    • Sychta, Bernard (1968), “levå”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 2 (H – L), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 363
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