käniéń

See also: kanien

Masurian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish kamień.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʲæɲeɲ]
• Syllabification: kä‧niéń

Noun

käniéń m inan

1. (sometimes collective) rock, stone (small piece of stone)
2. stone; millstone; grindstone (stone for grinding or milling in some machines)
3. stone; whetstone (stone for sharpening edges)
4. flint (stone for starting fires)
5. meteorite
6. lapis
7. stone stoup
8. stone (hard seed of some fruits)
9. (historical) stone (unit of mass equal to 32 pounds)

Further reading

• Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2024) “kamień”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur‎^[1], volume 3, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, pages 126-128