matkä

See also: mátka and matką

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish matka.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmatkʲæ]
  • Syllabification: mat‧kä

Noun

matkä f

  1. mother (human female who begets a child)
  2. mother (animal female that begets a child)
  3. (zoology) queen (female bee that begets others)

Further reading
  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “matka”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎, volume 4, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 114-115
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