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Polish
Etymology
From German bummeln + -ać.
Pronunciation
Verb
bąbać impf
- (reflexive with się, Chełmno-Dobrzyń) to rock, to sway while hanging
- Synonyms: chwiać się, kołysać się
Further reading
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “bąbać”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 298