kūora

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *korva. Cognate with Finnish korva, Estonian kõrv.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuːorɑ/

Noun

kūora

1. ear (hearing organ)
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     īdst kūorast sizzõl, tuoizõst ulzõ

     to go in one ear and out the other

     kūora tagān pānda

     to note something for future reference (lit. "to put behind one's ear")

     kūorad pistõ ajjõ

     to prick up one's ears

     kūora vīngõb

     [my] ear is ringing

     kūora um vizās

     [my] ear is popped (lit. "ear is closed")

     kūorad sadābõd vizzõ

     [your] ears get popped (lit. "ears become closed")

     ta äb nustā mittõ kuorrõ

     he pretends not to hear (lit. "he won't lift an ear")

     se lekš tikkiž min kūorastõ piddõz

     I wasn't paying attention, I missed all of it (lit. "it all went past my ear")

     ma kūliz siedā pūol kūoraks

     I heard it through the grapevine (lit. "I heard it with half of an ear")

Declension

Declension of kūora (43)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	kūora	kūorad
genitive (genitīv)	kūora	kūorad
partitive (partitīv)	kuorrõ	kūoridi
dative (datīv)	kūoran	kūoradõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	kūoraks	kūoradõks
illative (illatīv)	kuorrõ	kūoriž
inessive (inesīv)	kūoras	kūoris
elative (elatīv)	kūorast	kūorist