Koldras Lacki na Turbaczu
Koldras Lacki on Turbacz
Author(s): Leszek BednarczukSubject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: Koldras Lacki; Turbacz; a Romani surname; gorczanski dialect
Summary/Abstract: Professor Józefa Kobylińska, who was investigating her local dialect and Władysław Orkan’s language, paid attention to the writing on one of the rocks on Turbacz – Koldras Lacki, mentioned in W roztokach (1903), and associated it with the surname Koldras, found in southern Małopolska. It might have been used to denote a Roma from Kelderasz tribe, the people who made a living out of coppersmithing (from Romanian căldare ‘a boiler’), while the word ‘Polish’ Lacki might have been given by Russian-speaking Wallachian shepherds in Gorce. According to Kobylińska, the name Turbacz originated from the Russian *Turbacz with an ablaut, like in gorczanski dialect murczeć / mruczeć, frunąć / furnąć.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia Linguistica
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 20-23
- Page Count: 4
- Language: Polish