kanklės
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Lithuanian kanklės.
Noun
[edit]kanklės (plural kanklės)
- A type of Lithuanian chordophone in the Baltic psaltery instrument family.
See also
[edit]Lithuanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Lithuanian kañklės. Further etymology is unclear, probably derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kankl- < *kantl-, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”), compare similar Proto-Celtic *kantlom, however, initial vowel doesn't match; because of that Smoczyński suggests non-Indo-European origin. Relation with Proto-Finnic *kandël is unclear.
Cognate with Latvian kuõkle (kuõkles pl), kùokle (kùokles pl), Samogitian konklē.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kañklės f pl
Declension
[edit] Declension of kañklės (plural-only)
Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- “kanklės”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “kanklės”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024
- “kanklės”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
- Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kañklės”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 458
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