kuņģis
Latvian edit
Alternative forms edit
- (dialectal form) guņģis
Etymology edit
From Latvian dialectal from guņģis (“belly”) by dissimilation, from Proto-Indo-European *geng- (“lump”), from the stem *gen- (“to squeeze, to make (something) round”). See also Latvian dziedzeris (“gland”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
kuņģis m (2nd declension)
- (anatomy) stomach (extension of the digestive tract between the oesophagus and the small intestine)
- cilvēka kuņģis ― human stomach
- kuņģa siena ― stomach wall
- kuņģa sula ― gastric juice
- kuņģa slimība ― stomach disease
- kuņģa čūla, jēlums ― stomach ulcer
Declension edit
Declension of kuņģis (2nd declension)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kuņģis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN