biksa

Masurian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Büchse. Compare Silesian biksa.

Etymology

  • IPA(key): [ˈbiksa]
  • Syllabification: bik‧sa

Noun

biksa f

  1. can (more or less cylindrical and often metal container or vessel)

Further reading

  • Günter Donder (2011) Kleines masurisches Wörterbuch mit Lesestücken und einen Tonträger (in German), archived from the original on 2023-12-10
  • Zofia Stamirowska (1987-2021), biksa”, in Anna Basara, editor, Słownik gwar Ostródzkiego, Warmii i Mazur, volume 1, Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, →ISBN, page 183

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Büchse. Compare Masurian biksa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiksa/
  • Rhymes: -iksa
  • Syllabification: bik‧sa

Noun

biksa f

  1. can (more or less cylindrical and often metal container or vessel)
  2. canned food
  3. bread box; bread container
  4. sack for holding fodder
  5. (mining) sheet metal cartouche for explosives

Further reading

  • biksa in silling.org
  • Bogdan Kallus (2020), “biksa”, in Słownik Gōrnoślōnskij Gŏdki, IV edition, Chorzów: Pro Loquela Silesiana, →ISBN, page 243
  • Aleksandra Wencel (2023), biksa”, in Dykcjůnôrz ślų̊sko-polski, page 58
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