motowąz

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to motowidło”)

Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Eastern Kraków) IPA^(key): /mɔˈtɔ.vɔw̃s/, /mɔˈtɔ.vɔns/

Noun

motowąz m inan

1. (Eastern Kraków) thick thread of a niddy-noddy for tying strands together

Further reading

• Błażej Pawłowicz (1892) “motowąz”, 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