pizgwa

Polish

Alternative forms

• piskwa (Central Greater Poland)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Central Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /ˈpiz.ɡva/

Noun

pizgwa f

1. (Central Greater Poland) crybaby (baby that cries much)

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “pizgwa”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 21