suka
Pronunciation: /ˈsu.ka/
“suka” is a Polish word. Its 15 meanings in English:
noun
- bitch (female dog)
- bitch (female canine)
- bitch (promiscuous woman)
- bitch (ruthless and malicious woman)
- police van (police car used to transport prisoners or arrested persons)
- suka (folk string instrument resembling a violin or cello)
- T-bar plank (piece of wood with which the T-bar is attached or to a sleigh)
- wagon brake (piece of wood with a groove in it for the wheel to fit into serving as a brake for a cart or wagon)
- doubletree support (in some wagons or carts, instead of a pin (sforznik), iron bar on which a doubletree is tightly supported when attached to the shaft)
- loom brake (part of the weaving loom used to slow down movement)
- millstone socket (part of a millstone; wooden socket stuck into the wall in which is a millstone)
- driver (wooden block for driving wedges)
- transporter (platform wagon with stanchions used in mine lumberyards to transport miners; primitive cart for transporting mined material)
- sheepskin hat
- Kraków coat (brown Kraków russet coat with a triangular cape; cape of this russet coat)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Polish *suka. First attested in the 16th century. Etymology 1 sense 4 from an association with pies (“dog, slang: cop”). Etymology 1 sense 5 is in reference to the howling sound heard from dogs and the instrument.
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