Lexeme: kolěno

Language:
Old Novgorod
Meaning:
knee
Cognate Set:
*k(e/o)l- [Proto-Balto-Slavic]
Romanised orthography:
kolěno
Native script:
колѣно
Phonetic:
kɔˈlʲenɔ
Phonemic:
kɔˈlʲenɔ
Notes: The word 'колѣно' 'kolěno' is attested once in the corpus but its textual meaning is 'river turn'. It could be accepted as a attestation of a special meaning of the Slavic word for 'knee'. However, the gloss is uncertain, there are other possible hypotheses.