Terms of endearment in Polish

I've never heard "żmuda" in my life...


The only thing that comes to my mind starting with "sh" is "szmondak" (shmondak)...

Yes! I also thought about it coming back from work. But it is of Jewish origin and carries a vulgar meaning.

So?


Yes, but I didn't know about that and I suspect many Poles don't know about it either... I had to google the meaning. For me it was a funny sounding name that you can call a person jokingly. I can imagine people using it in a humorous way instead of "łobuz" (rascal) for example...

Szmondak can be translate in dupek/kutas. I don't think it is cute.

Is it an orphan word? (in this case an adjective żmudny that still exists even though the noun it's derived from is no longer used)

a problem with the original post is that it's impossible to tell what vowel(s) ou refer to...

Nothing. :):)

BTW, the only opportunity I have to see or read schmondak is in history literature. It is not used in spoken language, at least in my area.


Yes. Calling a baby like that would be really hugely misappropriate.

Yes, it looks like it:

sjp.pwn.pl/doroszewski/zmuda;5532881.html

I didn't know that such word exists, I guess it isn't used anymore :)

Btw, guys, I'm not advocating for babies to be called "szmondaks" lol I meant that maybe Sdan's father calls his/her son like that, because he doesn't know what it means (if that word really is "szmondak", that is). It's just a theory though...

No, it can`t be it. The sound k at the end is too conspicuous to miss it.

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Hello
Can anyone tell me how to say "little panda" as a pet name for my boyfriend please?

I'm not a native speaker but I've heard pandzia (PAN-ja) (vowels as in Spanish or Italian thoughout)

But that sounds feminine. A minute or so of googling found

pandzioch (PAN-jokh) the final ch is pronounced like loch in Scottish and pandzioszek (pan-JOH-sheck)

To address him directly, pandziochu (pan-JOH-khu) or pandzioszku (pan-JOSH-ku)

@Casper1377, mafketis is correct. I think that also "pandziak" (pronounced "panjyak") is possible:

m.facebook.com/Pandziak-759189127558897/


Poles would usually just say "pandzioch" (unlike in case of "pandzioszku"), I think.

Why not " Misiu"?

Because that's "Teddy Bear" or "Bear" and not specifically Panda?

Yes it is, but "Pandzioch" is a surname in Polish and Pandzia,Pandzioch etc are not cute. Misiu is cute and simple.

My family called their grandfather, phonetically, "jaw-jew" and his name, Ed, was phonetically said "Ed-jew", by his older sister. I'm guessing it's a term of endearment. But what does it mean in Polish? Thank you

Funny.
Jawjew is dziadziu, grandpa.
Ed-jew is Edziu, a diminutive of Edward. It is like Eddie, in fact.