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kukrzysko

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Polish

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Noun

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kukrzysko n

  1. (Far Masovian) place where only a trace of something remains (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
    Wil­ki zjadły wołu, po którym tylko kukrzysko zostało.(The) Wolves ate the/a ox, where only a trace from it is left.
  2. (Far Masovian) birthplace
    Tu moje kukrzysko.This is my birthplace.

Further reading

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  • Antoni Waga (1860) “kukrzysko”, in “Abecadłowy spis wyrazów ludowego języka w okolicach Łomży, Wizny i przyległych”, in Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, editor, Biblioteka Warszawska (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 753