tłoka

See also: tlʼókʼaʼ

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈtwɔ.ka/

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kociewie) IPA^(key): /ˈtwɔ.ka/

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• Rhymes: -ɔka
• Syllabification: tło‧ka

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *tolka.

Noun

tłoka f

1. collective assistance provided by one's neighbors, especially help with agricultural work or building a house
   1. group of such participants
2. (Kociewie) influx of people to confession during Easter night

Declension

Declension of tłoka

	singular	plural
nominative	tłoka	tłoki
genitive	tłoki	tłok
dative	tłoce	tłokom
accusative	tłokę	tłoki
instrumental	tłoką	tłokami
locative	tłoce	tłokach
vocative	tłoko	tłoki

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

tłoka m inan

1. genitive singular of tłok

Further reading

• tłoka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “tłoka”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 158