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Polish
Etymology
From pukać + -awka. First attested in 1643.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
pukawka f
- (colloquial, firearms, humorous) boomstick, pop gun (gun)
- Synonyms: broń palna, giwera
- pop gun (children's toy)
- drewniana pukawka ― wooden pop gun
Declension
References
- ^ Paweł Kupiszewski (09.04.2021) “PUKAWKA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
Further reading
- pukawka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pukawka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “pukawka”, in Słownik języka polskiego
- Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “pukawka”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
- J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1912), “pukawka”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 5, Warsaw, page 429