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Re: Odp: trombenik definition
- From: Koby the Interactive Bear <kchodosh...>
- Subject: Re: Odp: trombenik definition
- Date: Wed 01 Nov 2000 03.01 (GMT)
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 17:45:19 +0100, you wrote:
>Very interesting news 'bout the "trombenik" meaning in Yiddisch.
>In Polish "tra,ba" /pronounced like *tromba*/ means also lazy, clumsy,
>pitifull person. Nowadays rather old-fashioned.
>In Silesian dialect such person is called "trompeta"
>Of course basic meaning of "tra,ba" is "the trumpet".
That explains a lot! -K.
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