kuntwora

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Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from *kǫ- +‎ *tvorъ (“creature”), or related to Proto-Slavic *komarъ or Old Czech konědra.

Noun

kuntwora f (diminutive kuntworka)

  1. mosquito
    wšedna kuntwora ― common house mosquito (Culex pipiens)

Further reading

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kuntwora”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kuntwora”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Upper Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuntwɔʀa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔʀa
  • Hyphenation: kun‧t‧wo‧ra
  • Syllabification: kun‧two‧ra

Noun

kuntwora f

  1. (zoology) mosquito, nematoceran

Declension

Declension of kuntwora (feminine hard stem)
singular dual plural
nominative kuntwora kuntworje kuntwory
genitive kuntwory kuntworow kuntworow
dative kuntworje kuntworomaj kuntworam
accusative kuntworu kuntworje kuntwory
instrumental kuntworu kuntworomaj kuntworami
locative kuntworje kuntworomaj kuntworach
vocative kuntwora kuntworje kuntwory

References

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