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Pannonian Rusyn
Etymology
Cognate with or borrowed from Serbo-Croatian бундева / bundeva. Further origin uncertain, but perhaps from metathesis of German wunderbar (“wonderful”). Displaced Old Slovak tekva, tekvica, whose root survives in тиковка (tikovka, “decorative gourd”).
Pronunciation
Noun
бундава (bundava) f (diminutive бундавка, related adjective бундавов)
- pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo)
- Coordinate terms: диня (dinja), ґереґа (gerega)
- пита з бундаву ― pita z bundavu ― bundevara (literally, “strudel with pumpkin”)
- gourd, squash
- Near-synonym: тиковка (tikovka, “decorative gourd”)
- (figurative) a round head
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References
- Medʹeši, H., Fejsa, M., Timko-Djitko, O. (2010) “бундава”, in Ramač, Ju., editor, Руско-сербски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy
- Fejsa, M., Šlemender, M., Čelʹovski, S. (2022) “pumpkin”, in Анґлийско-руски словнїк (in Pannonian Rusyn), Novi Sad: Faculty of Philosophy; Ruska matka, →ISBN, page 231