cauna

See also: caunā

Latvian
Cauna

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *kyau-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeu-, *keu- (“to shine; light; bright”), with an added suffix *-no. Cognates include Lithuanian kiáunė, dialectal kiaunė̃, Old Prussian caune ([kaune]) (compare dialectal Latvian caune), Proto-Slavic *kuna (Russian куни́ца (kuníca), dialectal куна́ (kuná), Czech kuna).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tsaûna]
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Noun

cauna f (4th declension)

  1. marten (several species of mustelids of genus Martes)
    meža cauna ― forest marten
    medīt caunas ― to hunt marten
    caunu kažoks ― marten fur
    caunu cepure ― marten (fur) hat
    putni ziemā viegli kļūst par laupījumu vanagam, caunai, sermulim un lapsai ― birds in winter easily become prey to hawks, martens, ermines and foxes

Declension
Declension of cauna (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) cauna caunas
accusative (akuzatīvs) caunu caunas
genitive (ģenitīvs) caunas caunu
dative (datīvs) caunai caunām
instrumental (instrumentālis) caunu caunām
locative (lokatīvs) caunā caunās
vocative (vokatīvs) cauna caunas

Derived terms

References
  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “cauna”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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