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Kashubian
Etymology
Borrowed from Polish ciekawy. By surface analysis, cec + -awi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sɛˈkavi/
- Rhymes: -avi
- Syllabification: ce‧ka‧wi
Adjective
cekawi (comparative cekawszi, superlative nôcekawszi, derived adverb cekawie)
- curious, interested (wanting to find out more)
- curious, interesting (evoking curiosity or interest in people)
Declension
Declension of cekawi (hard)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “cekawy”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 16
- Sychta, Bernard (1967) “cekavi”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 121
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “ciekawy”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ciekawy”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “cekawi/czekawi”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022