макітра

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макітра

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Inherited from Old Ruthenian *макотъра (*makotra), from мак (mak, “poppy”) +‎ -о- (-o-) +‎ терти (terty, “to rub, to grate, to grind”).

Compare Belarusian макацёр m (makacjór), макі́тра f (makítra) (the latter likely borrowed from Ukrainian or Polesian dialects), dialectal Polesian forms "макотра", "макутра", "макетра", "макытра".^[1]

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макі́тра • (makítra) f inan (genitive макі́три, nominative plural макі́три, genitive plural макі́тер)

1. a clay mixing bowl used to grind various soft products
2. (colloquial) head, pate, noggin, bonce
3. (dialectal) hollow (a small valley between mountains)

   Synonym: улого́вина (ulohóvyna)

• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “макі́тра”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “макі́тра”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2010–2023), “макі́тра”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1–14 (а – префере́нція), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka; Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1989), “макі́тра”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (Кора – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, →ISBN, page 365