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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaŋ.ka/
- Rhymes: -aŋka
- Syllabification: an‧ka
Etymology 1
From -anin + -ka.
Suffix
-anka f (masculine -anin)
- attached to countries to mean "women coming from"
- Rosjanin + -anka → Rosjanka
Etymology 2
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Suffix
-anka f
- (not productive) attached to surnames, sometimes to other nouns, to form feminine proper nouns meaning “daughter of”
- Zaręba + -anka → Zarębianka
Etymology 3
From -anie + -ka.
Suffix
-anka f
- purely structural suffix, forms feminine nouns of various kind
- pończochy + -anka → Pippi Pończoszanka
- zapiekać + -anka → zapiekanka
- rąbać + -anka → rąbanka
Declension
Derived terms