nôùka

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *nō

Proto-Slavic *nader.

Proto-Slavic *na-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ewk-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *auˀkīˀtei

Proto-Slavic *učiti

Proto-Slavic *naučiti

Proto-Slavic *nauka

Kashubian nôùka

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nauka. By surface analysis, deverbal from nauczëc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɞˈwu.ka/
• Rhymes: -uka
• Syllabification: nô‧ù‧ka

Noun

nôùka f (diminutive nôùczka, related adjective nôùkòwi)

1. science (systematic method of verifying knowledge)
2. teaching (act of educating)
3. learning (act of acquiring knowledge)
4. (Christianity) sermon
5. lesson (something learned or to be learned)

   Synonym: ùczba

Related terms

adjective

• naùczëcelsczi

adverbs

• nôuczno
• nôùkòwò

nouns

• naùczëcelka
• naùczëcelstwò
• naùczëcél
• nôucznota

verbs

• nauczëc pf, nôùczac impf
• ùczëc impf

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1893), “nôwuka”, in Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), page 122
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “nauka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “nôùka”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022