łapawka

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Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

łapawka f

  1. (Central Greater Poland) grass belonging to a house
    Koń kmiecy szczypie łapawkę koło płota.The peasant's horse is nibbling at the house grass near the fence.

Further reading

  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “łapawka”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 20