mërmòt

Kashubian
Mërmòt.

Etymology

Borrowed from French marmotte, from Middle French marmotte, from Old French marmotain, borrowed from Franco-Provençal marmotan, from Vulgar Latin *mures montani, from Latin mus monti (“mountain rat”). Akin to Macedonian мрмот (mrmot).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mərˈmwɛt/
  • Hyphenation: mër‧môt

Noun

mërmòt m animal

  1. marmot (rodent of the genus Marmota)

Further reading
  • “mërmòt”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022
  • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “świstak”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
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