kawka

See also: kawką

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kavъka (“jackdaw”), ultimately imitative. Cognate with Upper Sorbian kawka, Polish kawka, Czech kavka, and Slovene kavka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkawka/

Noun

kawka f

1. jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

Declension

Declension of kawka

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	kawka	kawce	kawki
Genitive	kawki	kawkowu	kawkow
Dative	kawce	kawkoma	kawkam
Accusative	kawku	kawce	kawki
Instrumental	kawku	kawkoma	kawkami
Locative	kawce	kawkoma	kawkach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “kawka”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “kawka”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

kawka

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaf.ka/

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• Rhymes: -afka
• Syllabification: kaw‧ka

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kavъka, which is onomatopoeic, representing the bird’s voice. Outside of Slavic, it may be related to Old Armenian քուք (kʻukʻ).

Noun

kawka f

1. jackdaw (corvid of the genus Coloeus)

   kawka zwyczajna ― western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula)

   kawka srokata ― Daurian jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus)

   W szpitalu obserwowałem kawki gniazdujące w wylocie wentylacji. ― In the hospital I observed jackdaws nesting in the ventilation outlet.

Derived terms

adjective

• kawczy

Descendants

• → German: Kawke (dialectal)

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Polish kawa

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Polish -ka

Polish -ka

Polish kawka

From kawa + -ka.

Noun

kawka f

1. diminutive of kawa

   Po kawce u Jarka skoczymy do galerii. ― We’ll grab a quick coffee at Jarek’s and then go to the mall.

Declension

Declension of kawka

	singular	plural
nominative	kawka	kawki
genitive	kawki	kawek
dative	kawce	kawkom
accusative	kawkę	kawki
instrumental	kawką	kawkami
locative	kawce	kawkach
vocative	kawko	kawki

Further reading

• “kawka”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “kawka”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)