labija

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Polish

Etymology

From labować.

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Pronunciation

Noun

labija f

  1. (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland, Kuyavia) joy, pleasure
    Synonyms: rozkosz, uciecha

Further reading

  • Józef Bliziński (1860) “labija”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 625
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “labija”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 272
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “labija”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 34