folklora

See also: folklorā

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from English folklore, itself a compound of folk and lore, imitating German terms like Volkslehre (“people's customs, ethnology”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [folkloːɾa]

• Audio:

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Noun

folklora f (4th declension)

1. folklore (tales, legends and other oral tradition items of a given population or ethnic group)

   folkloras teicējs ― folk storyteller (lit. folklore sayer)

   vākt folkloras materiālus ― to collect folklore materials

   folkloras krātuves ― folklore repository

   folkloras tulkojumi ― folklore translations

   tautas gara mantām, folklorai Gorkijs palika uzticīgs visu mūžu ― Gorky remained all his life faithful to the peoples spiritual riches, to (their) folklore

   jau ilgi pirms nošu rakstības pastāvēja ļoti daudzveidīga mūzikas folklora ― long before music notation there already was very diverse musical folklore

Declension

Declension of folklora (4th declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	folklora	folkloras
genitive	folkloras	folkloru
dative	folklorai	folklorām
accusative	folkloru	folkloras
instrumental	folkloru	folklorām
locative	folklorā	folklorās
vocative	folklora	folkloras

Synonyms

• garamantas