talôr

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Kashubian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Taler. Kashubian immigrants misheard English dollar as Taler, a value they used in Kashubia during the German occupation.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtalɞr/
  • Rhymes: -alɞr
  • Syllabification: ta‧lôr

Noun

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talôr f

  1. (Canada, United States) dollar

Further reading

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  • Stanislow Frymark (2020) “talôr”, in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand; Lexical Interferences in Kashubian Language in Canada, the USA and New Zealand (in English and Kashubian), Zómk Zôbòrsczi, →ISBN