gatënk

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Kashubian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gattung.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈtɜŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɜŋk
  • Syllabification: ga‧tënk

Noun

gatënk m inan (related adjective gatunkòwi)

  1. type, kind, sort; genre; species
  2. quality (level of excellence)
  3. (taxonomy) species (category in the classification of organisms, ranking below genus; a taxon at that rank)

Further reading

  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “gatenk”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 39
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “gatunek”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
  • “gatënk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
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