katapula

Polish

Etymology

Clipping of katapulta.

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) IPA^(key): /ka.taˈpu.la/

Noun

katapula f (diminutive katapulka)

1. (Chełmno-Dobrzyń) slingshot (throwing device used by boys to throw stones)

Further reading

• Gustaw Pobłocki (1887) “katapula”, in Słownik kaszubski z dodatkiem idyotyzmów chełmińskich i kociewskich (in Polish), 2 edition, Chełmno, page 133