koprowina

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Polish

Etymology

From koper (copper) +‎ -owina.

Pronunciation

Noun

koprowina f

  1. (Central Greater Poland, Far Masovian) copper piece of money
    Hypernym: pieniądz

Further reading

  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “koproẃina”, in “O języku ludowym w powiecie przasnyskim”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 111
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “koprowina”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19