kaska

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kaska"

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese casca. Cognate with Kabuverdianu káska.

Noun

kaska

1. bark of a tree

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese casca.

Noun

kaska

1. crust
2. shell

Koasati

Noun

kaska

1. blue catfish

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese casca and Kabuverdianu káska.

Noun

kaska

1. bark of a tree

Polish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Southern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): [ˈkas.ka]

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Noun

kaska f

1. (Southern Greater Poland) piece, hunk, slice

   Synonyms: kawałek, kąsek, krajanka

   kaska sera ― piece of cheese

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877), “kaska”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 30