czosować

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Shouldn't this be cosować?”)

Pronunciation

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /t͡ʂɔˈsɔ.vat͡ɕ/

Verb

czosować impf (perfective zczosować)

1. (intransitive, Far Masovian) to pull (to tug on horses' reins so that they fall back)
2. (transitive, Far Masovian) to come down (to reduce a price from the original offer)

Further reading

• Stanisław Ciszewski (1909) “czosować”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary mazowieckiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 7, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 205