todrowac

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Low Prussian toddern + -owac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔˈdrɔvat͡s/
• Rhymes: -ɔvat͡s
• Syllabification: to‧dro‧wac

Verb

todrowac impf

1. (reflexive with sã) to trudge, to move very slowly
   • 1938, Aleksander Majkòwsczi, Żëcé i przigòdë Remùsa‎^[2], page 9:

     Kjej go sę spitlë, czimu lepjij jich njewużije i voli sę todrovac wod mjasta do mjasta, do vsë wode vsë, tej won bodej mjoł mavjac,,..

     When they asked him why he wouldn't use them better and preferred to trudge from city to city, from village to village, he was supposed to say...

2. (reflexive with sã) to drive or ride an uncomfortable vehicle (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “jechać, wlec”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “telepać się, wlec”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[3]