niedziwa

Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of nie +‎ dziwa.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Western Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ɲɛˈd͡ʑi.va/

Adverb

niedziwa (not comparable)

1. (Western Greater Poland) Synonym of o mało [with negative clause ‘translated in the positive’]

   Synonym: dziwo

   Niedziwa go nie zabił. ― He nearly killed him.

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “niedziwa”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 27