kanklės

English

A traditional kanklės.

Etymology

Borrowed from Lithuanian kanklės.

Noun

kanklės (plural kanklės)

1. A type of Lithuanian chordophone in the Baltic psaltery instrument family.

See also

• gusli
• kantele

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

• kañkliai, kañklai

Etymology

Inherited from Old Lithuanian kañklės. Further etymology is unclear, probably derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kankl- < *kantl-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”), compare similar Proto-Celtic *kantlom, however, initial vowel doesn't match; because of that Smoczyński suggests non-Indo-European origin. Relation with Proto-Finnic *kandël is unclear.

Cognate with Latvian kuõkle (kuõkles pl), kùokle (kùokles pl), Samogitian konklē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɐŋʲkʲlʲeːs/

Noun

kañklės f pl

1. kanklės

Declension

    Declension of kañklės (plural-only)

nominative	kañklės
genitive	kañklių
dative	kañklėms
accusative	kanklès
instrumental	kañklėmis
locative	kañklėse
vocative	kañklės

Derived terms

verbs

• kankliúoti

 

Further reading

• “kanklės”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
• “kanklės”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
• “kanklės”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kañklės”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 458