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tęga

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See also: tega and tęgą

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɛŋɡa
  • Syllabification: tę‧ga

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tǭgà, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tangā, from Proto-Indo-European *tengʰ- (to pull back, be heavy).

Noun

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tęga f

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, Central Greater Poland, Kuyavia) longing, yearning
    Synonym: tęsknota
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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tęga

  1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of tęgi

Further reading

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  • tęga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “tęga”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 277
  • tęga”, in “Przyczynek do słownika gwary wielkopolskiej”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 8, z. 1, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, 1916, page 98