bënë

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German binnen (“within”). Cognate with German binnen and Dutch binnen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɜnɜ/
• Rhymes: -ɜnɜ
• Syllabification: bë‧në

Adverb

bënë (not comparable)

1. inside, indoors

Preposition

bënë

1. inside, within [+locative]

Derived terms

adjective

• bënowi

 

Further reading

• Sychta, Bernard (1967) “bëne”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 34
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “wewnątrz”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “wewnątrz”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “bënë”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022