welowac

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German wählen + -owac. Compare Silesian welować

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛˈlɔ.vat͡s/
• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
• Syllabification: we‧lo‧wac

Noun

welowac impf

1. (intransitive, dated) to vote (to cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election)
   • 2010, Zbigórz M. Jankòwsczi, “Mòzdrech pò pôłnim”, in Pomerania‎^[1], numbers 7-8, Gdańsk: Zrzeszenie Kaszubsko-Pomorskie:

     Dwadzesce jeden lat temu, 4 czerwińca, wikszosc mieszkańców negò kraju welowała za Spòlëznowim Kòmitetã

     Twenty-one years ago, on June 4, a majority of the people of this country voted for the Spòlëznowi Kòmitet.

Usage notes

Although Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk labeled word as "dated", according to ISJK/ISKJ the word is still widely used today.

Derived terms

nouns

• welacjô
• welowanié

 

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “głosować”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “głosować”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “welowac”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022