See also: tautietē

Latvian

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Etymology

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From tauta (people, nation) +‎ -iete, or tautietis (countryman) +‎ -e ([fem.]).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tautiete f (5th declension, masculine form: tautietis)

  1. a (female) compatriot, a countrywoman (a woman with the same ethnicity or nationality as the speaker)
    afgānu sievietes protestē pret tautietes publisku nolinčošanuAfghan women protest against the public lynching of their countrywomen
  2. (in folk texts) a young woman from another region or from another family or group of families

Declension

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