nǟlga

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nälkä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnæːlɡɑ/, [ˈnæːlɡɑ]

Noun

nǟlga

  1. hunger

Adjective

nǟlga

  1. cheap, tight, stingy

Declension

Declension of nǟlga (46)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) nǟlga nǟlgad
genitive (genitīv) nǟlga nǟlgad
partitive (partitīv) nälgõ nǟlgidi
dative (datīv) nǟlgan nǟlgadõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) nǟlgaks nǟlgadõks
illative (illatīv) nälgõ nǟlgiž
inessive (inesīv) nǟlgas nǟlgis
elative (elatīv) nǟlgast nǟlgist

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “nǟlga”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra