kuntwora
Lower Sorbian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUncertain. Perhaps from *kǫ- + *tvorъ (“creature”), or related to Proto-Slavic *komarъ or Old Czech konědra.
Noun
editkuntwora f (diminutive kuntworka)
- mosquito
- wšedna kuntwora ― common house mosquito (Culex pipiens)
Further reading
edit- 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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUncertain.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkuntwora f
Declension
editDeclension of kuntwora (feminine hard stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
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nominative | kuntwora | kuntworje | kuntwory |
genitive | kuntwory | kuntworow | kuntworow |
dative | kuntworje | kuntworomaj | kuntworam |
accusative | kuntworu | kuntworje | kuntwory |
instrumental | kuntworu | kuntworomaj | kuntworami |
locative | kuntworje | kuntworomaj | kuntworach |
vocative | kuntwora | kuntworje | kuntwory |
References
edit- “kuntwora” in Soblex
Categories:
- Lower Sorbian terms with unknown etymologies
- Lower Sorbian lemmas
- Lower Sorbian nouns
- Lower Sorbian feminine nouns
- Lower Sorbian terms with collocations
- dsb:Dipterans
- Upper Sorbian terms with unknown etymologies
- Upper Sorbian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Upper Sorbian/ɔʀa
- Rhymes:Upper Sorbian/ɔʀa/3 syllables
- Upper Sorbian lemmas
- Upper Sorbian nouns
- Upper Sorbian feminine nouns
- hsb:Zoology
- Upper Sorbian feminine hard stem nouns
- hsb:Dipterans