pępek

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See also: pépek and Pępek

Polish

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Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pǫpъkъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

pępek m inan (diminutive pępuszek, related adjective pępkowy)

  1. (anatomy) navel
  2. (obsolete) slippery jack (Suillus luteus)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:maślak
  3. (Kuyavia, figurative) last handful of grain harvested at harvest time
    urznąć pępekto cut off the last grain

Declension

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nouns

Descendants

  • Yiddish: פּעמפּיק (pempik)

Further reading

  • pępek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • pępek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Józef Bliziński (1860) “pępek”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 628
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “pępek”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 274