ajtować

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Polish

Etymology

From ajta +‎ -ować.

Pronunciation

Verb

ajtować impf

  1. (transitive, Far Masovian) to organize a manhunt, especially for thieves
    Ónegdaj ajtowalim cało gmnino na zlodźejów.The other day we gathered the whole gmina for a manhunt for thieves.

Further reading

  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “ajtować”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 102