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Polish
Etymology
From baba + -ula.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ula
- Syllabification: ba‧bu‧la
Noun
babula f (diminutive babulka or babuleńka)
- (colloquial or endearing) grandmother
- (colloquial or endearing) elderly woman
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) fireplace for cooking placed near the wall by the furnace
Declension
Further reading
- babula in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- babula in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “babula”, 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