kawka

See also: kawką

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kavъka (“jackdaw”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Upper Sorbian kawka, Polish kawka, Czech kavka, and Slovene kavka.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkawka/

Noun

kawka f animal

  1. jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Declension
Declension of kawka
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative kawka kawce kawki
Genitive kawki kawkowu kawkow
Dative kawce kawkoma kawkam
Accusative kawku kawce kawki
Instrumental kawku kawkoma kawkami
Locative kawce kawkoma kawkach

Further reading
  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kawka”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kawka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish
kawka

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkaf.ka/
  • Audio 1(file)
  • Audio 2(file)
  • Rhymes: -afka
  • Syllabification: kaw‧ka

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka, which is onomatopoeic,[1] representing the bird’s voice.[2] Outside of Slavic, it may be related to Old Armenian քուք (kʻukʻ).

Noun

kawka f

  1. jackdaw (corvid of the genus Coloeus)
    kawka zwyczajna ― western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)
    kawka srokata ― Daurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus)
Derived terms
adjective

Etymology 2

From kawa +‎ -ka.

Noun

kawka f

  1. Diminutive of kawa
Declension
Declension of kawka
singular plural
nominative kawka kawki
genitive kawki kawek
dative kawce kawkom
accusative kawkę kawki
instrumental kawką kawkami
locative kawce kawkach
vocative kawko kawki

References
  1. "kawka" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. Machek, Václav (1968) Etymologický slovník jazyka českého [Etymological Dictionary of the Czech Language], 2nd edition, Prague: Academia.

Further reading
  • kawka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • kawka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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