kwesta

• chwésta (Kuyavia)

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin questa. Compare Italian questua.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkfɛs.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Syllabification: kwes‧ta

kwesta f

1. collection, fundraising (public fundraising for a charitable cause)
2. collection (money collected during such a fundraising)
3. (obsolete, agriculture) collection (collection of agricultural produce for donation to the monastery, customarily carried out in the autumn after the harvest)

• kwesta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• kwesta in Polish dictionaries at PWN