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 (diminutive kuntworka)

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

Further reading
  • kuntwora in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
  • kuntwora in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Upper Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain.

Noun

kuntwora f

  1. mosquito, nematoceran
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