piņ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pin"

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *peni, derived from Proto-Finno-Permic *penä. Cognates include Finnish peni, Northern Sami beana, Võro pini.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piɲ/

Noun

piņ

1. dog
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     neiku piņīd utābõd īd tuoizõn vastõ

     like dogs, barking at each other

     piņkõks õŗštõ

     to sic a dog [on someone]

     jemā sīetõb piņņõn leibõ

     mother is feeding the dog bread

Declension

Declension of piņ (64)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	piņ	piņīd
genitive (genitīv)	piņ	piņīd
partitive (partitīv)	piņņõ	piņīdi
dative (datīv)	piņņõn	piņīdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	piņkõks	piņīdõks
illative (illatīv)	piņņõ	piņīž
inessive (inesīv)	piņš piņšõ	piņīs
elative (elatīv)	piņštõ	piņīst

Related terms

• kutški
• kuņā