ćwikiel

See also: Ćwikiel

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Eastern Kraków) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕfi.kjɛl/
• Homophone: Ćwikiel

Noun

ćwikiel m inan

1. (Eastern Kraków) square piece of cloth sewn under the armpit of the shirt between the sleeve and the bodice of the shirt to prevent the sleeve from coming loose in that place and to make it easier to put on and take off the shirt

Further reading

• Błażej Pawłowicz (1892) “ćwikiel”, in “Wyrazy gwarowe z okolic Tarnowa”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 306