małanka

Borrowed from Belarusian мала́нка (malánka).

• (Masovia):
  • (Podlachia) IPA^(key): [maˈɫan.ka]
  • (Suwałki) IPA^(key): [maˈɫan.ka]
• (Borderlands):
  • (Northern Borderlands) IPA^(key): [maˈɫan.ka]

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1. (Suwałki, Podlachia, Tykocin, Northern Borderlands, Lithuania, Vilnius) night lightning (lightning at night, recurring in short intervals, without thunder; characterized by burning, i.e. the production of black spots on leaves and fruit resulting in their lack of fruiting and thus harvest)

   Bodaj ciebie małanka spiekła! (curse, Suwałki) ― May night lightning burn you!

• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “małanka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 862
• Jan Karłowicz (1903), “małanka”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 105