pękawka

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Polish

Etymology

From pękać +‎ -awka.

Pronunciation

Noun

pękawka f

  1. (Malbork) ribbon at the end of a whip
  2. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) tool for knocking things

Further reading

  • Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “pękawka”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 746
  • Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “pękawka”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 137