oborka

Polish

Etymology

From obora +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

Noun

oborka f

  1. (Northern Borderlands, Lithuania) diminutive of obora (“string for tying a lapti to a leg”)
  2. (Northern Borderlands, Lithuania) network of thin strings

Further reading

  • Jan Karłowicz (1903), “obora”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 365
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