zowojna

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Eastern Kraków) IPA^(key): /zɔˈvɔj.na/

Noun

zowojna f

1. (Eastern Kraków) stanchion pole (pole that is tied to stanchions along a wagon to hold a large object on the wagon that could damage the rungs of ladders)

Further reading

• Błażej Pawłowicz (1892) “zowojna”, 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 310