bałdyga

See also: Baldyga and Bałdyga

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “badyl+łodyga? both meaning stalk”)

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /bawˈdɘ.ɡa/

Noun

bałdyga f

1. (Far Masovian) awkward, uneven and large stick or stalk

Further reading

• Antoni Waga (1860) “bałdyga”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 749