kuntwora
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Lower Sorbian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Perhaps from *kǫ- + *tvorъ (“creature”), or related to Proto-Slavic *komarъ or Old Czech konědra.
Noun
[edit]kuntwora f animal (diminutive kuntworka)
- mosquito
- wšedna kuntwora ― common house mosquito (Culex pipiens)
Further reading
[edit]- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “kuntwora”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “kuntwora”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Upper Sorbian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain.
Noun
[edit]kuntwora f
Further reading
[edit]- kuntwora in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik
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- Lower Sorbian terms with unknown etymologies
- Lower Sorbian lemmas
- Lower Sorbian nouns
- Lower Sorbian feminine nouns
- Lower Sorbian animal nouns
- Lower Sorbian terms with collocations
- dsb:Dipterans
- Upper Sorbian terms with unknown etymologies
- Upper Sorbian lemmas
- Upper Sorbian nouns
- Upper Sorbian feminine nouns
- hsb:Dipterans