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footwear, shoes

Source:*obutiProto-Slavic · “to put on shoes”certain

The collective word for shoes; a single shoe is ботинок/туфля, черевик, but, bota, cipela — all different.

English

footwear, shoes

Polish

obuwie
ɔˈbuvjɛ
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BCS script
  • Russian
    о́бувьobuvʹ
    ˈobufʲinherited
  • Ukrainian
    взуття́vzuttja
    wzuˈtʲːadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *vъzuti 'to put on shoes' (same root, another prefix)
  • Polish
    obuwie
    ɔˈbuvjɛinherited
  • Czech
    obuv
    ˈobufinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    obućaобућа
    ˈobutɕainherited
  • English
    footwear, shoes

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