klofta

See also: kløfta

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Kolberg points to german Klafter, but semantics are weak, and consider Polish klafta”)

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈklɔf.ta/

Noun

klofta f

1. (Central Greater Poland) Synonym of szczep

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “klofta”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19