kīela

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kellä.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkiːelɑ/, [ˈkiˑe̯lɑ]

Noun

kīela

  1. clock
  2. (in expressions) the time (of day)
    Mits u’m kīela?
    What time is it?
  3. bell

Declension

Declension of kīela (43)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) kīela kīelad
genitive (genitīv) kīela kīelad
partitive (partitīv) kiellõ kīelidi
dative (datīv) kīelan kīeladõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) kīelaks kīeladõks
illative (illatīv) kiellõ kīeliž
inessive (inesīv) kīelas kīelis
elative (elatīv) kīelast kīelist

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kīela”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra