fujara

Czech

A fujara from Slovakia

Etymology

From Romanian[1], further traceable to Latin[2]. Cognates can be found in Greek, Albanian, Aromanian and Dacian.[2].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfujara]

Noun

fujara f

  1. (music) a flute-like woodwind musical instrument

See also

References


Polish

Etymology

Via Czech from Romanian.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fuˈja.ra/

Noun

fujara m

  1. (colloquial) butterfingers; a person that is not graceful or sluggish[1]
    • 2007 October 2, News portal gazeta.pl of Agora SA, Kampania wyborcza. Zawodowcy i amatorzy
      Fujara, kto nie potrafi wykorzystać samobója, jakiego swojej płockiej [...] drużynie strzelił [ ex-]premier [...], obwieszczając tryumfalnie w Gdańsku, że Grupa Lotos wchłonie zdecydowanie większy Orlen.
Declension
Synonyms

Noun

different types of Polish: "Fujara, fujarka from 1888 exhibition

fujara f

  1. an unsophisticated, old-fashioned, typically small folk instrument, usually made of fresh willow bark, typically a kind of short folk pipe[2][3][4] (modifications of meaning are common in Polish regional dialects)
    • 1774, Jesuit Ignacy Nagurczewski (translator), Vergil (author), Eclogues:
      Zacznij fujaro [in latin version: "tibia", better Polish synonym: piszczałko] moja, zacznij śpiewać ze mną,
      Którą się sławi Menal[cas possibly, in latin version: Maenalus], zacznij pieśń przyjemną.
  2. (slang) penis[4][1]
    • 1901, Jan Karłowicz (author), Słownik gwar polskich, vol. 2, p. 33:
      Pochować go [...] trzeba Plecami do ziemi, fujarą do nieba.[4]

Declension

Synonyms

  • (typically short folk pipe usually made of fresh willow bark): fujarka, dudka, piszczałka, dutka (archaic), fulara (dialectal), fujera (dialectal), fuira (dialectal)


References


Slovak

Fujara

Etymology

From Romanian [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfujara/

Noun

fujara f (genitive singular fujary, nominative plural fujary, genitive plural fujár, declension pattern of žena)

  1. (music) a flute-like woodwind musical instrument

Declension

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • fujara in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
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