kuntwora

Lower Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from *kǫ- +‎ *tvorъ (“creature”), or related to Proto-Slavic *komarъ or Old Czech konědra.

Noun

kuntwora f animal (diminutive kuntworka)

  1. mosquito
    wšedna kuntwora ― common house mosquito (Culex pipiens)

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

Upper Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain.

Noun

kuntwora f

  1. mosquito, nematoceran

Further reading
  • kuntwora in Hornjoserbsko-němski Słownik
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