bić kopy

Polish

Etymology

Literally, “to beat heaps”.

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈbit͡ɕ ˈkɔ.pɘ]

Verb

bić kopy impf

1. (intransitive, Przemyśl) to throw bits of straw into a ceiling and behind paintings on Christmas Eve

Further reading

• Aleksander Saloni (1908) “bić kopy”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 332