świętojańskie

Polish

Etymology

From świętojański +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ɕfjɛn.tɔˈjaɲ.skjɛ/

Noun

świętojańskie n

1. (nominalized, Kuyavia) cash deposit given to servants, farmhands, etc., usually given on Michaelmas, i.e., a quarter before the New Year

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “świętojańskie”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 277