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Polish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
pałyga f
- (Far Masovian) something shaped like a cudgel
- (Far Masovian) unreasonable mind
Further reading
- Antoni Waga (1860) “pałyga”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 756