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Polish
Etymology
Attested late, first in Belarusian.[1] Compare Lithuanian pakulos, Russian па́кля (páklja).
Boryś ties the word with Lithuanian kúlti, which would ultimately make it related to kłuć.[2]
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Pronunciation
Noun
pakuła f
- (usually in the plural) tow; short fibers of wool, hemp, etc.
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References
Further reading
- pakuła in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “pakuły”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)