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Polish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
glapa f (diminutive glapka)
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) certain species of fish similar to a bream but smaller and whiter
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń, figurative, derogatory) sluggish woman
Further reading
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “glapa”, 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 302
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “glapa”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 131