peternelki

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Northern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /pɛ.tɛrˈnɛl.ki/
  • (Eastern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /pɛ.tɛrˈnɛl.ki/

Noun

peternelki nvir pl

1. (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland) bugs that bother a horse

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “peternelki”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 35