לעשאויטאָ
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Yiddish
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Etymology
[edit]לעשן (leshn, “to extinguish”) + אויטאָ (oyto, “automotive”).
Noun
[edit]לעשאויטאָ • (leshoyto) m, plural לעשאויטאָס (leshoytos)
- (possibly a neologism) fire truck, fire engine
- Synonym: לעשמאַשין (leshmashin)
References
[edit]- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “firetruck”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN