głowa
Pronunciation: /ˈɡwɔ.va/
“głowa” is a Polish word. Its 20 meanings in English:
noun
- head (part of the body)
- head (individual person in relation to a group)
- head (person in intellectual terms)
- head; mind (ability to reason)
- head (person's abilities in a given field)
- head (person leading or in highest position)
- head; life
- head; ball (anything round resembling a head)
- head (upper round part as opposed to the base of something)
- hair; hairstyle
- head (part of an object, e.g. a bed, where a person would place their head)
- head (shorter part of the sheaf for roof covering)
- particular component of a rope-making device
- synonym of piasta (“hub, nave of a wheel”)
- head (upper part of a field)
- blood money, wergeld
- cap, hat
- person with a big head
- headquarters; capital
- murder
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish głowa. Doublet of hołowa, a form borrowed from East Slavic.
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