pǟ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pa"

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pää, from Proto-Uralic *päŋe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pæː/

Noun

pǟ

1. head
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     täuž pǟ

     drunk (lit. "full head")

     pǟ kīlõks pānda

     to be absolutely sure; to bet one's life on something (lit. "to pledge one's head")

     pǟ īrgõb rinkõ lǟdõ

     to get dizzy; to have one's head spinning (lit. "head starts to go in circle")

     pǟ kīerõb (~ lǟb immar)

     head is spinning (~ going around)

     pǟ mōzõ võttõ

     to decapitate (lit. "to take off head")

     pǟdõ vȯtšõ

     to look for lice (lit. "to inspect head")

     midēgõst pǟzõ võttõ

     (of something) to have gotten into (someone); to become convinced of something (lit. "to take something inside of (one's) head")

     pǟsõ tēḑi vȯtšõ

     to look for lice on (one's) head (lit. "in head")

     pǟstõ jālgad sōņi kažži

     soaking/wet from head to toe (lit. "legs")

     pǟstõ oppõ

     to memorize (lit. "learn from head")

     pǟstõ tieudõ

     to know from memory (lit. "to know from head")

     jõvāst pǟst

     out of good will (lit. "from good head")

     kibārt pǟzõ pānda

     to put on hat (lit. "to put hat inside of head")

     kibār um pǟs

     hat is on (lit. "hat is in head")

2. handle (of a knife)
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     veis pǟ

     handle of a knife

     duņtšõn um pǟ

     dagger has a handle

3. seedpod, pod (of a poppy plant)
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     pieksīz pǟd jarā

     collected poppy pods

4. head (of cattle)
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     mits pǟdõ um täd kōŗas?

     how many heads is your herd?

Declension

Declension of pǟ (14)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	pǟ	pǟd
genitive (genitīv)	pǟ	pǟd
partitive (partitīv)	pǟdõ	pēḑi
dative (datīv)	pǟn	pǟdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	pǟkõks	pǟdkõks
illative (illatīv)	pǟzõ	pēži
inessive (inesīv)	pǟsõ pǟs	pēši
elative (elatīv)	pǟstõ pǟst	pēšti