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maiss

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Latvian

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Maiss

Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *maiš-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *maišás, from Proto-Indo-European *moysós, *moi-sḱo- (sheep; skin).

Cognates include Lithuanian maĩšas (sack), Old Prussian moasis (mōsis, bellows) (from *mōi- from *mai-), Old Church Slavonic мѣхъ (měxŭ, bag), Russian мех (mex, fur, bellows), Czech měch (sack, bellows), Polish miech (sack, bellows), Old Norse meiss (basket), Old High German meisa (pannier), Middle Low German meise (keg, barrel), Sanskrit मेष (meṣa, ram, sheep; sheepskin, fur).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [màjs]
  • Audio (Riga):(file)

Noun

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maiss m (1st declension)

  1. sack, bag (container made of cloth, plastic, paper, etc. for transportation or storage)
    audekla, papīra maisscloth, paper sack
    tukšs, pilns, caurs maisempty, full, leaky sack
    iebērt maisā miltusto pour flour into a sack
    miltu, cukura maisiflour, sugar sacks
    sabērt pagrabā desmit maisu kartupeļuto pour, store ten sacks of potatoes in the basement

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “maiss”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN