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Kashubian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *višьňa. Sense 3 is a semantic loan from English cherry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈviʃ.ɲa/
- Rhymes: -iʃɲa
- Syllabification: wisz‧nia
Noun
wisznia f (diminutive wiszenka)
- sour cherry, cherry (Prunus cerasus)
- Synonym: wiszniowiczé
- sour cherry, cherry (fruit)
- (Canada, United States) virginity
Declension
Derived terms
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Further reading
- Stanislow Frymark (2020) “wisznia”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand, Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wisznia”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi
- “wisznia”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022