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suka

Pronunciation: /ˈsu.ka/

“suka” is a Polish word. Its 15 meanings in English:

noun

  1. bitch (female dog)
  2. bitch (female canine)
  3. bitch (promiscuous woman)
  4. bitch (ruthless and malicious woman)
  5. police van (police car used to transport prisoners or arrested persons)
  6. suka (folk string instrument resembling a violin or cello)
  7. T-bar plank (piece of wood with which the T-bar is attached or to a sleigh)
  8. 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)
  9. 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)
  10. loom brake (part of the weaving loom used to slow down movement)
  11. millstone socket (part of a millstone; wooden socket stuck into the wall in which is a millstone)
  12. driver (wooden block for driving wedges)
  13. transporter (platform wagon with stanchions used in mine lumberyards to transport miners; primitive cart for transporting mined material)
  14. sheepskin hat
  15. 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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