kūnas
Lithuanian edit
Etymology edit
From the verb kauti (“to beat, strike”), where the noun's original sense was "(well-hewn) body." From Proto-Balto-Slavic *káuˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *kowh₂, from *kewh₂- (“to strike”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kū́nas m (plural kū́nai) stress pattern 1
Declension edit
Declension of kū́nas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kū́nas | kū́nai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kū́no | kū́nų |
| dative (naudininkas) | kū́nui | kū́nams |
| accusative (galininkas) | kū́ną | kū́nus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kū́nu | kū́nais |
| locative (vietininkas) | kū́ne | kū́nuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kū́ne | kū́nai |
References edit
- ^ Lituanus. (1988). United States: Lithuanian Student Association, Secretariate for External Relations, p. 311