nūoŗkū
Livonian
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Etymology
[edit]From nūoŗ (“young”) + kū (“moon”). The usage of the adjective nūoŗ – perhaps by contamination with Latvian jauns, as Latvian lacks separate terms for "new" and "young." Compare Finnish uusikuu (“new moon”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nūoŗkū
Declension
[edit]| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | nūoŗkū | – |
| genitive (genitīv) | nūoŗkū | – |
| partitive (partitīv) | nūoŗkūdõ | – |
| dative (datīv) | nūoŗkūn | – |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | nūoŗkūkõks | – |
| illative (illatīv) | nūoŗkūzõ | – |
| inessive (inesīv) | nūoŗkūsõ nūoŗkūs |
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| elative (elatīv) | nūoŗkūstõ nūoŗkūst |
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