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Kashubian
Etymology
From bãben + -k. Compare Polish bębenek. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Polish bębenek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbã.bɛŋk/
- Rhymes: -ãbɛŋk
- Syllabification: bã‧benk
Noun
bãbenk m inan (related adjective bãbenkòwi)
- diminutive of bãben (“drum”) (percussive musical instrument spanned with a thin covering on at least one end for striking, forming an acoustic chamber)
- (anatomy) eardrum, tympanic membrane, myringa
- 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