kīņḑõļkū
Livonian
Etymology
From kīņḑõļi (“teary (eyed)”) + kū (“month”). The meaning of kīņḑõl is either a tear or a candle. In the adjectival form, with a soft ⟨ļ⟩, it means specifically "teary (eyed.)" February the 2nd is sometimes observed as "Candle day" (with roots in Latvian mythology), perhaps kīņḑõļ is a variant of kīņḑõl in the candle sense, not a shortening of kīņḑõļi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkiːɲɟəʎˌkuː/, [ˈkiːɲɟəʎˌkuː]
Noun
kīņḑõļkū
- (poetic) February
- Valda Šuvcāne, Ieva Ernštreite (1999, 2005), Latvian-Livonian-English Phrase Book, Eraksti, →ISBN
- februāris – februar (kīņḑõļkū) – February
- February – February (candle month) – February
- februāris – februar (kīņḑõļkū) – February
- Valda Šuvcāne, Ieva Ernštreite (1999, 2005), Latvian-Livonian-English Phrase Book, Eraksti, →ISBN
Declension
| singular (ikšlu’g) | plural (pǟgiņlu’g) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | kīņḑõļkū | kīņḑõļkūd |
| genitive (genitīv) | kīņḑõļkū | kīņḑõļkūd |
| partitive (partitīv) | kīņḑõļkūdõ | kīņḑõļkūḑi |
| dative (datīv) | kīņḑõļkūn | kīņḑõļkūdõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | kīņḑõļkūkõks | kīņḑõļkūdkõks |
| illative (illatīv) | kīņḑõļkū’zõ | kīņḑõļkū’ži |
| inessive (inesīv) | kīņḑõļkūsõ | kīņḑõļkūši |
| elative (elatīv) | kīņḑõļkūstõ | kīņḑõļkūšti |