sīknauda
See also: sīknaudā
Latvian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From sīka (“small, tiny”) + nauda (“money”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sīknauda f (4th declension)
- small change (small amount of money, usually coins)
- saņemt sīknaudu ― to get small change
- sauja sīknaudas ― a handful of change
- izmainīt, samainīt latu sīknaudā ― to change, to break one lats into small change
- meitenes pirksti ilgi un drudžaini meklēja maciņā sīknaudu... dažas monētas izkrita un aizripoja pa ietvi ― the girl's fingers frantically searched for a while in the little small change purse... a few coins fell out and rolled on the sidewalk
Declension edit
Declension of sīknauda (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sīknauda | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sīknaudu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sīknaudas | — |
| dative (datīvs) | sīknaudai | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sīknaudu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sīknaudā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sīknauda | — |