wumje

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Lower Sorbian[edit]

wumje

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Slavic *vymę, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥. Cognate with Upper Sorbian wumjo, Polish wymię, Old Czech výmě, Russian вы́мя (výmja), Serbo-Croatian vȉme.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈumʲɛ/, [ˈumʲə]

Noun[edit]

wumje n inan (genitive singular wumjenja, diminutive wumuško)

  1. udder (organ formed of the mammary glands of female quadruped mammals)

Declension[edit]

Further reading[edit]

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