cekawi

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Kashubian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish ciekawy. By surface analysis, cec +‎ -awi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /t͡sɛˈkavi/
  • Rhymes: -avi
  • Syllabification: ce‧ka‧wi

Adjective

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cekawi (comparative cekawszi, superlative nôcekawszi, derived adverb cekawie)

  1. curious, interested (wanting to find out more)
  2. curious, interesting (evoking curiosity or interest in people)

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Further reading

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  • Stefan Ramułt (1893) “cekawy”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 16
  • Sychta, Bernard (1967) “cekavi”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 121
  • Jan Trepczyk (1994) “ciekawy”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ciekawy”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
  • cekawi/czekawi”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022