pod nóżki

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “to under someone's legs”.

Pronunciation

Adverb

pod nóżki (not comparable)

  1. (Near Masovian, Latowicz, Stoczek) on one's knees (while bowing; in a pleading or begging manner)
    pod nóżki przeprosić ― to apologize while bowing/on one's knees

Further reading

  • Jan Karłowicz (1903), “noga”, in Hieronim Łopaciński, Wacław Taczanowski, editors, Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 3: L do O, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 333
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