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Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mъlva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmwɛva/
- Rhymes: -ɛva
- Syllabification: mò‧wa
Noun
mòwa f
- speech; language (method of communication between two or more people)
1980, Jan Trepczyk, “Kaszëbizna”, in Pomerania, number 11/12, Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie:Mowa Kaszëbów ë Słowińców je apartną słowiańską mowa, a ni polsczim dialektę.- The language of Kashubians and Slovenians is a separate Slavic language, not a Polish dialect.
- speech (method or ability to speak)
- (linguistics) lect
Declension
Further reading
- Stefan Ramułt (1893) “mœva”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 107
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “mówienie”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “mòwa”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022