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Polish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Verb
szmaniać impf
- (transitive, Kociewie, Malbork) to look for in order to catch
- Dzieci szmaniają po szafach. ― The kids are hunting something down in the cupboards.
Further reading
- Dr Nadmorski (Józef Łęgowski) (1889) “szmaniać”, in “Spis wyrazów właściwych gwarze malborskiej i kociewskiej”, in Wisła. Miesięcznik Geograficzno-Etnograficzny (in Polish), volume 3 z.4, page 747
- Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “szmaniać”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 158