gôdka

Kashubian

Etymology

From gadac +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɞt.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɞtka
• Syllabification: gôd‧ka

Noun

gôdka f

1. anecdote (short account of a real incident or person)

   Synonyms: pòwiôstka, rzeczónka, anegdota

2. (linguistics) dialect (language variety)

   Synonyms: dialekt, gwara

3. talk, conversation (verbal exchange of thoughts)

   Synonym: mòwa

4. language, speech (means of communication)

   Synonyms: mòwa, jãzëk, (rare) gwara

   • 1938, Aleksander Majkòwsczi, Żëcé i przigòdë Remùsa‎^[1], page 63:

     Njech mu Pon Bog dô sto lot żecu i rozvjąże mu jézek, cobe godoł vszetkjimi godkami svjata.

     May God grant him a hundred years of life and I will untie his tongue so that he can speak all the languages ​​in the world.

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893] “gôdka”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Sychta, Bernard (1967) “gådka”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 296
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “dialekt, gadka, mowa”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “anegdot(k)a, dialekt, gadka, mowa”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “gôdka”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022