ronis

Latvian edit

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Ronis

Etymology edit

From Proto-Baltic *ruon-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *rew-, *row- (“to run, to rush, to hurry”) with an extra n. The meaning evolution was probably: “run, hurry (together)” > “to be in a group, herd”, “to be fecund, to be fertile, to rut; to be cheerful, neat” > “neat, cheerful, fertile animal living in groups” > “seal.” Cognates include Lithuanian rúonis.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ɾūōnis]

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Noun edit

ronis m (2nd declension)

seal (several species of mammals of the family Phocidae)
roņu dzimte – the seal family (= Phocidae)

roņu tauki – seal fat

roņu mednieks – seal hunter

pelēkais ronis – gray seal

roņi parasti turas baros – seals usually stay in groups

Ieva peldēja slikti, bet es ūdenī jutos kā ronis – Ieva swam badly, but I felt like a seal in water

Declension edit

Declension of ronis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	ronis	roņi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	roni	roņus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	roņa	roņu
dative (datīvs)	ronim	roņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	roni	roņiem
locative (lokatīvs)	ronī	roņos
vocative (vokatīvs)	roni	roņi

Derived terms edit

pelēkais ronis

References edit

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ronis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

ronis m (plural ronis)

(Spain, gypsy community) flirt; player
(Spain, gypsy community) show-off

Related terms edit

[1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ronis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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