bãbenk

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Kashubian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bãben +‎ -k. Compare Polish bębenek. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Polish bębenek.

Pronunciation

Noun

bãbenk m inan (related adjective bãbenkòwi)

  1. diminutive of bãben (drum) (percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber)
  2. (anatomy) eardrum, tympanic membrane, myringa
  3. diminutive of bãben (drum) (any similar hollow, cylindrical object as part of a machine)

Declension

Further reading

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