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Polish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
chamrać impf
- (intransitive, Kuyavia) to chat, to babble; to twist one's mouth
- (transitive, Far Masovian) to yank; to seize
- (reflexive with się, Far Masovian) to struggle, to wrestle
- Synonyms: szarpać się, wydzierać się
- Jakem go złapili, to sie chamrał i chamral, ale sie nie wyder. ― When we caught him, he struggled and struggled but didn't struggle himself free.
Further reading
- Oskar Kolberg (1867) “chamrać”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 269
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “chamrać”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 104