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Old English
Pronunciation
Noun
postola
- genitive plural of postol
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *postolъ, *postola. Compare Slovene postol, Polish postół and Middle Ukrainian постола (postola).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /postǒla/
- Hyphenation: pos‧to‧la
Noun
postòla f (Cyrillic spelling посто̀ла)
- (Croatia) shoe
- Synonym: cìpela
1872, Mavro Vetranić, Stari pisci hrvatski: pjesme Mavra Vetranića Čavčića. Dio II.:Тој li mi neć podat postola jedan par, nećeš moć pozobat toj proso nikadar; i prie ćeš rastavit od tiela život tvoj, ner li ćeš probavit bez jada proso toj.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1964, Dinko Šimunović, Dragutin Rosandić, Pripovijetke:Kupi ti, Pričalo, sebi klobuk, a djeci postole, — reče krčmar. — Daj da pogodim koliko si dao! — Klobuk sam kupio za četiri banovca, a postole sam nosio prodati, ali ih nije htio niko da kupi, — reče i uze da ih opet ogleda.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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