מיקראָכוואַליע
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
מיקראָ־ (mikro-) + כוואַליע (khvalye). Compare Belarusian мікрахва́ля (mikraxválja), German Mikrowelle, Polish mikrofala, Russian микроволна́ (mikrovolná), Ukrainian мікрохви́ля (mikroxvýlja), and several other words formed similarly.
Noun[edit]
מיקראָכוואַליע • (mikrokhvalye) f, plural מיקראָכוואַליעס (mikrokhvalyes)
Derived terms[edit]
- מיקראָכוואַליען (mikrokhvalyen), מיקראָכוואַליעווען (mikrokhvalyeven, “to microwave”)
- מיקראָכוואַלניק (mikrokhvalnik)
References[edit]
- Justus van de Kamp et al., “מיקראָכֿװאַליע” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “microwave, n. (phys.)”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN