לאָפּעטע
־ס
די
'shovel'
לאָפּעטקע
(diminutive)

ETYMOLOGY

According to Beider, the initial stress indicates that the word was borrowed from Polish before the 17th c.
Polish łopata.

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

lopátə {אַ רומעניש וואָרט} {ETCP, Bistriţa, 47241}

lɔ́pъ/ɩtъ/ɩ {ETCP, Nyzhnya Apsha, 48233}

ɫɔpətə̃ {POLAND, Wolbrom, 50196}

lo,pətə {POLAND, Warsaw, 52211}
- lopətə (for baking bread)

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

ɫɔ́pɩtɛ {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}

SOUTHEASTERN

lɔ́pʌtɜ {ROMANIA, Brăila, 45273}
- lopətə {רודער} 'oar'
- lópʌtɛs לאָפּעטעס