kuntwora
Lower Sorbian
Alternative forms
- kuntwor
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from *kǫ- + *tvorъ (“creature”), or related to Proto-Slavic *komarъ or Old Czech konědra.
Noun
kuntwora f (diminutive kuntworka)
- 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
- kuntora
Etymology
Uncertain.
Noun
kuntwora f
- mosquito, nematoceran