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uwaga.

attention (concentration on something)

5 characters3 syllables approx.Polski language

Meaning & usage

noun/uˈva.ɡa//uˈvɒ.ɡa/Middle, Polish
  1. attention (concentration on something)

    feminine · uncountable
  2. attention (ability to concentrate)

    feminine · uncountable
  3. remark (expression, in speech or writing, of something remarked or noticed; a mention of something; observation, comment, or statement)

    countable · feminine
  4. remark (light critique)

    countable · feminine
  5. remark (note entered in a student's notebook by a teacher)

    countable · feminine
  6. cause

    countable · feminine · obsolete
  7. caution, prudence

    Middle · Polish · feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Balto-Slavic *au Proto-Slavic *u Proto-Slavic *u- Old Polish u- Polish u- Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti Proto-Germanic *weganą Proto-Germanic *wēgō Proto-West Germanic *wāgu Old High German waga Middle High German wāgebor. Old Polish waga Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Old Polish -ić Old Polish -yć Old Polish ważyć Polish ważyć Polish uważyćdeverb. Polish uwaga Deverbal from uważyć. First attested in 1656–1688. Compare Kashubian ùwôga and Silesian uwŏga.

intj/uˈva.ɡa//uˈvɒ.ɡa/Middle, Polish
  1. attention!; warning!; caution! watch out!

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew Proto-Balto-Slavic *au Proto-Slavic *u Proto-Slavic *u- Old Polish u- Polish u- Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti Proto-Germanic *weganą Proto-Germanic *wēgō Proto-West Germanic *wāgu Old High German waga Middle High German wāgebor. Old Polish waga Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Old Polish -ić Old Polish -yć Old Polish ważyć Polish ważyć Polish uważyćdeverb. Polish uwaga Deverbal from uważyć. First attested in 1656–1688. Compare Kashubian ùwôga and Silesian uwŏga.

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