łykeria

Polish

Etymology

From łyk (“burgher, townsman”) +‎ -eria.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /wɘˈkɛ.rja/

Noun

łykeria f

1. (Central Greater Poland, derogatory, collective) burghers, townsfolk

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “łykerya”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 20