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Old Polish
Etymology
From wnęk + -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /vnæ̃ka/
- IPA(key): (15th CE) /vnæ̃ka/
Noun
wnęka f (male equivalent wnęk)
- female equivalent of wnęk (“granddaughter”)
1930 [c. 1455], “Gen”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka), 36, 2:Tey dzewcze sø rzekly Ada, dzewka Elomowa, wnøka Etheowa (filiam Elon Hethaei)- [Tej dziewce są rzekli Ada dziewka Elomowa, wnęka Eteowa (filiam Elon Hethaei)]
Further reading
- B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “wnęka”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN
Polish
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Slavic *vъn + *ǫkъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvnɛŋ.ka/
- Rhymes: -ɛŋka
- Syllabification: wnę‧ka
Noun
wnęka f (diminutive wnęczka)
- niche, recess
- (anatomy) hilum
- (architecture) alcove
- Synonym: nisza
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- wnęka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wnęka in Polish dictionaries at PWN