knaga

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See also: Knaga, knagą, and Knagą

Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Knagge.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: kna‧ga
  • Homophone: Knaga

Noun

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knaga f

  1. (nautical) cleat (device to quickly attach a line or rope)
  2. (Kraków) large bone
    Synonym: gnat
  3. (Near Masovian, milling) piece of wood nailed to a propeller of a mill behind which small flaps are plugged

Declension

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Further reading

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  • knaga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “knaga”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 364