kauni

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Sudovian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-. Compare Lithuanian kálnas, Latvian kal̂ns, however Old Prussian grabis, *garbis (hill).[1][2]

Noun

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kauni

  1. mountain, hill

References

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  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 74:kauni ‘kalnas, l. góra’ 29.
  2. ^ kálnas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. kauni s. ‘Berg’”.

Ukuriguma

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Noun

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kauni

  1. ear

Further reading

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  • Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975) and A comparative word list of the Northern Adelbert Range Languages, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (1980, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)