jumts

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *jumtas. Cognates include Latvian jumts.

• IPA^(key): [ˈjumt͡s]
• Hyphenation: jumts

jumts m (diminutive jumteņš)

1. roof

• M. Bukšs, J. Placinskis (1973) Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 366

Originally the past participle of the verb jumt (“to cover a roof; to thatch”), from Proto-Baltic *jumt, from Proto-Indo-European *yew-, *yū- (“to bind, to tie”), with an extra m. Primitive houses were covered by tied, interwoven sticks on which rested a mud covering. Cognates include Proto-Slavic *jǫtъ (“roof”) (cf. Russian прию́т (prijút, “shelter, retreat”)).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [jùmts]

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jumts m (1st declension)

1. roof (structure that covers the top of a building; the covering that sits on it)

   skārda jumts ― tin roof

   šīfera jumts ― slate roof

   ruberoīda jumts ― bituminous felt roof

   kārniņu jumts ― tiled roof

   niedru jumts ― thatched roof

   slīps jumts ― sloping roof

   jumta skārds ― roofing sheets

   jumta pape ― roofing felt

   jumta naglas ― roofing nails

   jumta plakne ― the roof plane

   salabot jumtu ― to repair, fix the roof

   jumta istaba, jumtistaba ― penthouse (lit. roof room)

2. roof (structure that covers the top of a vehicle and shelters it from the external weather)

   automobiļa jumts ― automobile, car roof

   trolejbusa jumts ― trolley roof

   vagona jumts ― (train) car roof