piokać

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Kielce) IPA^(key): /ˈpjɔ.kat͡ɕ/

Verb

piokać impf

1. (intransitive, Kielce, of a dying person) to barely be able to breathe

   Ledwo pioká. ― He/she is barely breathing.

   Ju piokać nié może. ― They can't breathe anymore.

Further reading

• Władysław Siarkowski (1878) “piokać”, in “Materiały do etnografii ludu polskiego z okolic Kielc”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowej (in Polish), volume 2, chapter 3, Krakow: Komisyja Antropologiczna Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, page 251