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Polish
Etymology
Rhyme, from kręt and an uncertain second element.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛntu
- Syllabification: krę‧tu‧-wę‧tu
Adverb
krętu-wętu (not comparable)
- (obsolete) while spinning, circling
- (Far Masovian) while trying to get oneself out of a problem
Further reading
- wętu in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Antoni Waga (1860) “krętu-wętu”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 753