kołowrot

See also: kołowrót

Polish

Etymology

Back-formation from kołowrotek.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /kɔˈwɔv.rɔt/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Eastern Kraków) IPA^(key): /kɔˈwɔv.rɔt/

Noun

kołowrot m animal

1. (Central Greater Poland) type of sheep disease

   Synonyms: kołowrocizna, tasiemnik

Noun

kołowrot m inan

1. (Eastern Kraków) device made of wood on a wagon into which stanchions are inserted and fastened to the axle of the front with a pin in the middle so that it can rotate

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “kołowrot”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 19
• Błażej Pawłowicz (1892) “kołowrot”, in “Wyrazy gwarowe z okolic Tarnowa”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 307