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Polish
Etymology
From German Wanze + -ka. Compare Silesian wancka.
Pronunciation
Noun
wancka f
- (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) Synonym of pluskwa
Further reading
- Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “wancka”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 310
Silesian
Etymology
From German Wanze + -ka. Compare Greater Polish wancka.
Pronunciation
Noun
wancka f
- bedbug
- Hypernyms: ôwada, pasożyt
- flea
- Synonyms: błecha, skoczka
- Hypernyms: ôwada, pasożyt
- louse
- Synonym: lojza
- Hypernyms: ôwada, pasożyt
Further reading
- Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “wancka”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian lects], Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 306