kāts

Latvian

Noun

kāts m (1st declension)

1. handle, haft, hilt, helve
2. shaft, shank

Declension

Declension of kāts (1st declension)

	singular	plural
nominative	kāts	kāti
genitive	kāta	kātu
dative	kātam	kātiem
accusative	kātu	kātus
instrumental	kātu	kātiem
locative	kātā	kātos
vocative	kāt	kāti

Tocharian A

Etymology

From Proto-Tocharian *kātsān (whence also Tocharian B kātso). Further origin uncertain; most likely from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“swelling, rounding; stomach, gut”), in which case cognate with Old English cwiþ (“pregnant”).

Noun

kāts

1. (anatomy) belly, stomach, abdomen, womb