Lower Sorbian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Perhaps from *kǫ- +‎ *tvorъ (creature), or related to Proto-Slavic *komarъ or Old Czech konědra.

Noun

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kuntwora f (diminutive kuntworka)

  1. mosquito
    wšedna kuntworacommon house mosquito (Culex pipiens)

Further reading

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  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kuntwora”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kuntwora”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Uncertain.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkuntwɔʀa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʀa
  • Hyphenation: kun‧t‧wo‧ra
  • Syllabification: kun‧two‧ra

Noun

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kuntwora f

  1. (zoology) mosquito, nematoceran

Declension

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References

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