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Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian бу́дка (búdka).
Pronunciation
Noun
putka
- drunk tank, jail, usually located in a police station
- (colloquial) stall, booth, cabin
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Polish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic + -ka.
Noun
putka f
- (Kociewie) female equivalent of putek (“piglet”)
Etymology 2
From German Pate + -ka.
Noun
putka f (male equivalent pátek)
- (Żywiec) female equivalent of pátek; Synonym of matka chrzestna
Etymology 3
See pętka.
Noun
putka f
- (Wieleń) Alternative form of pętka
Further reading
- Oskar Kolberg (1877) “putka”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 35
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “putka”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 156
- Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “putka”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 358