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Lower Sorbian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *okolo; cognate with Upper Sorbian wokoło, Polish około, Czech okolo. Equivalent to wo koło (“around a circle”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
wokoło (with genitive)
- around, about
- wokoło Starych wikow ― around the Old Market
Adverb
wokoło
- around
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “hokoło”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “wokoło”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Polish
Etymology
Univerbation of w + około.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔˈkɔ.wɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɔwɔ
- Syllabification: wo‧ko‧ło
Adverb
wokoło (not comparable)
- around, all around
- Synonyms: dokoła, dookoła, naokoło, wkoło, wokół
Preposition
wokoło
- around
- Synonyms: dokoła, dookoła, naokoło, wkoło, wokół
Further reading
- wokoło in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- wokoło in Polish dictionaries at PWN