Lūž
See also: Appendix:Variations of "luz"
Livonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]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
- Lūž – Lūž – Lūžņa
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 217