piszczałka

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See also: piszczałką

Polish

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Etymology

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From piszczeć +‎ -ałka.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -awka
  • Syllabification: pisz‧czał‧ka

Noun

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piszczałka f (diminutive piszczałeczka, augmentative piszczała)

  1. small, simple folk instrument, usually made of fresh willow bark, typically a kind of short folk pipe
    Synonyms: fletnia, fujara, fujarka
  2. (music) pipe (sound-producing element of an organ)
  3. (hunting) bird whistle or other small instrument used to attract birds by imitating their sounds
    Hyponym: przepiór
  4. (colloquial) cornetfish (any fish of the genus Fistularia)
    Synonym: fistulka

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective

Further reading

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  • piszczałka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • piszczałka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Oskar Kolberg (1867) “piszczałka”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 275