klons

Latvian

Klons
Klons

Alternative forms

  • (dialectal form) klonis

Etymology 1

From the same stem as the verb klāt (to cover) (q.v.); note that the iterative form klāstīt has an archaic variant klostīt, whence klons with o. Cognates include Lithuanian klúonas (barn; threshing floor).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [klūōns]
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Noun

klons m (1st declension)

  1. barn floor, earthen floor, threshing floor (dense, smooth surface, typically consisting of compacted clay or earth; floor made of compacted clay, earth, cement, bricks)
    pagraba klonsbasement floor
    rijas klonsbarn floor
    virtuves, istabas klonskitchen, room floor
    gluds, bedrains klonssmooth, bumpy floor
  2. lower surface inside a bread oven
    klona maizefloor bread (bread made on the lower surface of a bread oven)
Declension
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English clone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [klons]
(file)
  • (by contamination with the native word) IPA(key): [klūōns]
(file)

Noun

klons m (1st declension)

  1. clone (a living organism that originated from a single vegetative cell of another organism)
    klonu izlase, selekcijaclonal selection

Declension

References

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

Swedish

Noun

klons

  1. definite genitive singular of klo
  2. indefinite genitive singular of klon
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