nūoŗkū
Livonian
Etymology
From nūoŗ (“young”) + kū (“moon”). The usage of the adjective nūoŗ – perhaps by contamination with Latvian jauns, as Latvian lacks separate terms for "new" and "young." Compare Finnish uusikuu (“new moon”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnuːorʲˌkuː/, [ˈnuˑo̯rʲˌkuː]
Noun
nūoŗkū
Declension
| singular (ikšlu’g) | plural (pǟgiņlu’g) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | nūoŗkū | nūoŗkūd |
| genitive (genitīv) | nūoŗkū | nūoŗkūd |
| partitive (partitīv) | nūoŗkūdõ | nūoŗkūḑi |
| dative (datīv) | nūoŗkūn | nūoŗkūdõn |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | nūoŗkūkõks | nūoŗkūdkõks |
| illative (illatīv) | nūoŗkū’zõ | nūoŗkū’ži |
| inessive (inesīv) | nūoŗkūsõ | nūoŗkūši |
| elative (elatīv) | nūoŗkūstõ | nūoŗkūšti |