bãben

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Kashubian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *bǫbьnъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbã.bɛn/
  • Rhymes: -ãbɛn
  • Syllabification: bã‧ben

Noun

bãben m inan (diminutive bãbenk, related adjective bãbnowi)

  1. drum
  2. drum (any similar hollow, cylindrical object as part of a machine)
  3. (architecture) tholobate (substructure on which a dome or cupola rests)
  4. brat (unbearable child)
  5. hillock, hummock, knoll

Declension

Further reading

  • Sychta, Bernard (1967) “bąben”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 24
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “bęben”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “bęben”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
  • bãben”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022