potwa

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Eastern Kraków) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.tfa/

Noun

potwa f

1. (Eastern Kraków, construction) thick beam that is placed on top of a wall above a porter along the length of a building with rafters placed on it

Further reading

• Błażej Pawłowicz (1892) “potwa”, in “Wyrazy gwarowe z okolic Tarnowa”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 308