patarak

Baenan

Noun

patarak

1. jaguar

Further reading

• Loukotka, Documents et vocabulaires inédits de langues et de dialectes sud-américains, in the Journal de la Société des Américanistes, citing Nimuendajú

Polish

Alternative forms

• patyrák (Ostróda)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Kolberg suggests a connection to poteractwo, but that seems largely unattested except here”)

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /paˈta.rak/

Noun

patarak m pers

1. (Kuyavia) skinny or poor person

Derived terms

(nouns):

• pataractwo

Further reading

• Józef Bliziński (1860) “patarak”, in Abecadłowy spis wyrazów języka ludowego w Kujawach i Galicyi Zachodniej (in Polish), Warszawa, page 628
• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “patarak”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 274