šunelis

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Latvian

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Šunelis

Etymology

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Possibly from an (unattested) variant *šuns of suns (dog) (compare Proto-Baltic *šunas (dog)).[1]

Noun

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šunelis m (2nd declension)

  1. little dog; diminutive of suns
    kādam skolas kaimiņam bija šunelis, tāds kucēns, kuram tomēr bija skaļa balssone of the school neighbors had a little dog, a puppy that, however, had a loud voice

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “suns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN