klons
Latvian
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Alternative forms
[edit]- (dialectal form) klonis
Etymology 1
[edit]From the same stem as the verb klāt (“to cover”) (q.v.); note that the iterative form klāstīt has an archaic variant klostīt, whence klons with o. Cognates include Lithuanian klúonas (“barn; threshing floor”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]klons m (1st declension)
- barn floor, earthen floor, threshing floor (dense, smooth surface, typically consisting of compacted clay or earth; floor made of compacted clay, earth, cement, bricks)
- pagraba klons ― basement floor
- rijas klons ― barn floor
- virtuves, istabas klons ― kitchen, room floor
- gluds, bedrains klons ― smooth, bumpy floor
- lower surface inside a bread oven
- klona maize ― floor bread (bread made on the lower surface of a bread oven)
Declension
[edit]Declension of klons (1st declension)
Synonyms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): [klons]
Audio: (file) - (by contamination with the native word) IPA(key): [klūōns]
Audio: (file)
Noun
[edit]klons m (1st declension)
- clone (a living organism that originated from a single vegetative cell of another organism)
- klonu izlase, selekcija ― clonal selection
Declension
[edit]Declension of klons (1st declension)
References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “klons”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Swedish
[edit]Noun
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