nīlba

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nilpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈniːlbɑ/, [ˈniːlbɑ]

Adjective

nīlba

  1. weak, frail
  2. poor, shoddy

Noun

nīlba

  1. chewy meat, sinewy meat

Declension

Declension of nīlba (46)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) nīlba nīlbad
genitive (genitīv) nīlba nīlbad
partitive (partitīv) nilbõ nīlbidi
dative (datīv) nīlban nīlbadõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) nīlbaks nīlbadõks
illative (illatīv) nilbõ nīlbiž
inessive (inesīv) nīlbas nīlbis
elative (elatīv) nīlbast nīlbist

References

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