בײַוואַלן

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Yiddish

Etymology

Probably a calque of English by-election. By surface analysis, בײַ (bay) +‎ וואַלן (valn).

Pronunciation

Noun

בײַוואַלן (bayvalnpl

  1. (politics) by-election

References

  • Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl; Glasser, Paul (2016), “בײַוואַלן”, in Comprehensive Yiddish-English Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press