burkot

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Burghard.

Pronunciation

Noun

burkot m inan

  1. (Żywiec) day of electing a new guildmaster
  2. (Żywiec) election of a new guildmaster; beginning with a solemn service and ending with a simple drinking party

Further reading

  • Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “burkot”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 353