madrowac

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See also: madrować

Kashubian

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Low Prussian maddern +‎ -owac.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈdrɔ.vat͡s/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
  • Syllabification: ma‧dro‧wac

Verb

madrowac impf

  1. (transitive) to tinker, to MacGyver (to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it)
    Synonyms: grzebac, klarowac, dłëbac
  2. (intransitive) to meddle, to tamper, to tinker
    Synonyms: méstrowac, klarowac, madac, grzebac, dłëbac

References

  1. ^ Piotr Bartelik (year-2019) “Geschichte und Gegenwart der kaschubisch-polnisch-deutschen Sprachkontakte”, in Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Językoznawczego (in Polish), volume LXXV, →ISSN, page 35

Further reading

  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “majstrować, manipulować. bazgrać”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “majdrować. majstrować, manipulować”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi