cauna

See also: caunā

Latvian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *kyau-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱew-, *kew- (“to shine; light; bright”), with an added suffix *-no. Cognates include Lithuanian kiáunė, dialectal kiaunė̃, Old Prussian caune ([kaune]) (compare dialectal Latvian caune), Proto-Slavic *kuna (Russian куни́ца (kuníca), dialectal куна́ (kuná), Czech kuna).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tsaûna]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

cauna f (4th declension)

  1. marten (several species of mustelids of genus Martes)
    meža cauna ― forest marten
    medīt caunas ― to hunt marten
    caunu kažoks ― marten fur
    caunu cepure ― marten (fur) hat
    putni ziemā viegli kļūst par laupījumu vanagam, caunai, sermulim un lapsai ― birds in winter easily become prey to hawks, martens, ermines and foxes

Declension

Declension of cauna (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative cauna caunas
genitive caunas caunu
dative caunai caunām
accusative caunu caunas
instrumental caunu caunām
locative caunā caunās
vocative cauna caunas

Derived terms

References

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

Occitan

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Noun

cauna f (plural caunas)

  1. a cavern, cave, grotto
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