kamuila

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From dialectal Polish chamujło (tyke, oik, peasant), from cham (ditto), from Ancient Greek Χάμ (Khám, Ham, son of Noah), from Hebrew חָם.[1][2]
Compare dialectal Belarusian хамуйла (xamujla, ribald, oik, gruff man), хамула (xamula, loser).

Noun

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kamùila m (plural kamùilos) stress pattern 1 (obsolete)

  1. (derogatory) uneducated, untidy, scruffy person
  2. (derogatory) ribald, lout

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Rolandas Kregždys (2016) “kamùila”, in Lietuvių kalbos polonizmų žodynas [Dictionary of Polish loanwords in Lithuanian]‎[1], page 346
  2. ^ Rolandas Kregždys (2018) “Onyms and appellatives of onomastic origin of the Dictionary of Polish Loanwords in Lithuanian”, in Onomastyka-neohumanistyka-nauki społeczne, →DOI, page 275

Further reading

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