boŗ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bor"

Livonian

Etymology

Perhaps related to buoŗ (“a handheld borer, drill”) that Suhonen lists as a borrowing from Latvian boris. Ultimately from Low German bōr.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboˀrʲ/, [ˈboˀrʲ]

Noun

bo’ŗ

  1. worm
    • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “boŗ”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
      boŗ nīlgõb
      a worm wriggles
  2. earthworm (Lumbricus)

Declension

Declension of bo’ŗ (64)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) bo’ŗ boŗīd
genitive (genitīv) bo’ŗ boŗīd
partitive (partitīv) bo’ŗŗõ boŗīdi
dative (datīv) bo’ŗŗõn boŗīdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) bo’ŗkõks boŗīdõks
illative (illatīv) bo’ŗŗõ boŗīž
inessive (inesīv) bo’ŗšõ boŗīs
elative (elatīv) bo’ŗštõ boŗīst

References

  1. ^ Seppo Suhonen (1973), Die jungen lettischen Lehnwörter im Livischen, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura
  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “bo’ŗ”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[2] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
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