cauna
See also: caunā
Contents
LatvianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (dialectal form) caune
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Baltic *kyau-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeu-, *keu- (“to shine; light; bright”), with an added suffix *-no. Cognates include Lithuanian kiáunė, dialectal kiaunė̃, Old Prussian caune ([kaune]) (compare dialectal Latvian caune), Proto-Slavic *kuna (Russian куни́ца (kuníca), dialectal куна (kuná), Czech kuna).[1]
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
cauna f (4th declension)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of cauna (4th declension)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “cauna”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN