kiemas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Alongside Latvian ciems (village), a Germanic borrowing ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos, from *ḱey- (to settle); compare Old Norse heimr (home, world).[1] Related to šeima (family), kaimas (village).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kiẽmas m (plural kiemaĩ) stress pattern 4 [2]

  1. yard, courtyard, forecourt (open area outside or in between buildings)
    Nušlúok kiẽmą.Sweep out the courtyard.
  2. farmstead, estate
  3. (dialectal) village

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “kiemas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 243-4
  2. ^ “kiemas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.