Lūž

See also: luz, Luz, and luź

Livonian

Etymology

Kersti Boiko suggests the Latvian name Lūžņa as the source of the Livonian name. Compare dialectal lūžņa (“a place where trees have been felled by wind”) from the verb lūzt (“to break”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /luːʒ/

Proper noun

Lū'ž

Lūžņa (a village in Latvia)
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
  Lūž – Lūž – Lūžņa
  Lūžņa – Lūžņa – Lūžņa

Declension

Declension of Lūž (145)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	Lūž	–
genitive (genitīv)	Lūž	–
partitive (partitīv)	Lūžõ	–
dative (datīv)	Lūžõn	–
instrumental (instrumentāl)	Lūžõks	–
illative (illatīv)	Lūžõ	–
inessive (inesīv)	Lūžõs	–
elative (elatīv)	Lūžõst	–

References

Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 217

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[1] Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 217