kaits

Livonian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑits/, [ˈkɑ̯iˑt̪s]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from kaitsõ.

Noun

kaits

  1. defense, protection
  2. guard
    Synonym: vakț
Declension
Declension of kaits (94)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) kaits kāitsõd
genitive (genitīv) kaits kāitsõd
partitive (partitīv) kaitsõ kāitsidi
dative (datīv) kaitsõn kāitsõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) kaitskõks kāitsõdõks
illative (illatīv) kaitsõ kāitsiž
inessive (inesīv) kaitssõ kāitsis
elative (elatīv) kaitsstõ kāitsist

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

kaits

  1. Salaca form of kaitsõ (“to guard”)

References

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