kīntš
Livonian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *künci, from Proto-Uralic *künče. Cognates include Estonian küüs, Finnish kynsi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiːnt͡ʃ/, [ˈkiːnt͡ʃ]
Noun
kīntš
- fingernail, hoof, claw
- Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kīntš”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
- nīemõ kīņtš
- cow's hoof
- kīndõd vaisõ vȱlda
- will end up in [someone's] claws
- kīndõd vaizõ sōdõ
- to end up in [someone's] claws
- kīndõd vaistõ ulzõ sōdõ
- to escape [someone's] claws
- kīndõd knaššõ ēdrikšõbõd
- [someone] has white nails (lit. "[someone's] nails are blooming nicely")
- mustā verm um kīndõd allõ
- dirty fingernails (lit. "there is black color under fingernails")
- ta pidāb sīnda eņtš kīndõdõks
- it/he has its/his grip on you (lit. "it/he is holding you in its/his claws")
- sa ūod tikkiž eņtš kīndõdõks kubbõ kīskõn, mis sinnõn um
- you have scraped up everything with your nails/claws, what is wrong with you
- nīemõ kīņtš
- Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kīntš”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra
Declension
| singular (ikšlu’g) | plural (pǟgiņlu’g) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | kīntš | kīndõd |
| genitive (genitīv) | kīnd | kīndõd |
| partitive (partitīv) | kīndtõ | kīntši |
| dative (datīv) | kīndõn | kīndõdõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | kīndkõks | kīndõdõks |
| illative (illatīv) | kīndõ | kīndiž |
| inessive (inesīv) | kīndsõ | kīndis |
| elative (elatīv) | kīndstõ | kīndist |
References
- Ernštreits, Valts (ed. in chief); Vāvere, Signis; Viitso, Tiit-Rein; Damberg, Pētõr; Kurpniece, Milda; Kļava, Gunta; Balodis, Uldis; Tuisk, Tuuli; Kūla, Gita; Tomingas, Marili; Soosaar, Sven-Erik; Sedláčková, Anna; Jurgenovskis, Toms (2024), “kīntš”, in Livonian language and culture resource platform “Livonian.tech”[2] (in English, Estonian, and Latvian), Riga: University of Latvia Livonian Institute
- Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kīņtš”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary][3] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra