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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle High German kaldūne (“bovine giblets”), from Medieval Latin caldūna.
Pronunciation
Noun
kałdun m inan
- (colloquial, derogatory or dialectal, Far Masovian) paunch, potbelly (large belly)
- Synonyms: bebech, bebzun, brzuchol
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Further reading
- kałdun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kałdun in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “kałdun”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 110