cekawi

Kashubian

Alternative forms

• czekawi

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish ciekawy. By surface analysis, cec +‎ -awi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛˈkavi/
• Syllabification: ce‧ka‧wi

Adjective

cekawi (comparative cekawszi, superlative nôcekawszi, derived adverb cekawie)

1. curious, interested (wanting to find out more)
2. curious, interesting (evoking curiosity or interest in people)

Declension

Declension of cekawi (hard)

singular					plural
	masculine animate	masculine inanimate	feminine	neuter	virile (= masculine personal)	non-virile
nominative	cekawi		cekawô	cekawé	cekawi	cekawé
genitive	cekawégò		cekawi	cekawégò	cekawëch
dative	cekawémù		cekawi	cekawémù	cekawim
accusative	cekawégò	cekawi	cekawą	cekawé	cekawëch	cekawé
instrumental	cekawim		cekawą	cekawim	cekawima
locative	cekawim		cekawi	cekawim	cekawëch

Derived terms

nouns

• cekawòsc

 

verbs

• cekawic impf

 

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893) “cekawy”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego‎^[1] (in Kashubian), page 16
• Bernard Sychta (1967–1973) “cekavi”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich, volume 1, page 121
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “ciekawy”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “ciekawy”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[2]
• “cekawi”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022