cwëk

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Zweck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sfɜk/
• Rhymes: -ɜk
• Syllabification: cwëk

Noun

cwëk m inan

1. sense (meaning, reason, or value of something)
   • 2009, Kazimierz Jastrzębski, “Bóg rodzy sã”, in Pomerania‎^[1], number 12, Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie:

     Të stalatny z nas cãżôr zdjął, Bòże
     Lżi nóm bez to, bëcé cwëk mô

     You have lifted the burden of age from us, God
     it is easier for us, and being has meaning

2. goal, objective, target (that which one attempts to achieve)

   Synonym: cél

Further reading

• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “sens”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “cwëk”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022