vȱntsa

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oncca, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ońća, possible borrowing from Proto-Germanic *anþja- (*anþiją). Compare Icelandic enni (“forehead”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɤːntsɑ/, [ˈvɤːnt̪sɑ]

Noun

vȱntsa

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

Declension

Declension of vȱntsa (31)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) vȱntsa vȱntsad
genitive (genitīv) vȱntsa vȱntsad
partitive (partitīv) vȯntsõ vȯņtšti
dative (datīv) vȱntsan vȱntsadõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) vȱntsaks vȱntsadõks
illative (illatīv) vȯntsõ vȱntsiž
inessive (inesīv) vȱntsas vȱntsis
elative (elatīv) vȱntsast vȱntsist

References

  1. ^ “otsmik”, in [ETY] Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat [Estonian Etymological Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012
  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “vȱntsa”, 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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