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Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *làpa.
Pronunciation
Noun
łapa f (diminutive łapka or łapcia, augmentative łapsko)
- paw (soft foot of an animal)
- (colloquial, mildly derogatory) hand (especially a big one)
- (Near Masovian) sheet metal end of a keel for crushing millet
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Further reading
- łapa in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- łapa in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “łapa”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 365