kāts

Latvian

Noun

kāts m (1st declension)

1. handle, haft, hilt, helve
2. shaft, shank

Declension

Declension of kāts (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	kāts	kāti
accusative (akuzatīvs)	kātu	kātus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	kāta	kātu
dative (datīvs)	kātam	kātiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	kātu	kātiem
locative (lokatīvs)	kātā	kātos
vocative (vokatīvs)	kāt	kāti

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *kātsān (whence also Tocharian B kātso). Further origin uncertain; most likely from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“swelling, rounding; stomach, gut”), in which case cognate with Old English cwiþ (“pregnant”).

Noun

kāts

1. (anatomy) belly, stomach, abdomen, womb