kartupelis

Latvian

Etymology

A borrowing, from Baltic German Kartoffel, Kartuffel (compare Low German Kartuffel, Standard High German Kartoffel, Danish kartoffel), from a Romance language: compare Romansch tartuffel, Italian tartufalo, from tartufo (“truffle”). The Latvian form is first attested at the beginning of the 18th century. A number of other (often unrelated) terms for “potato” exist in Latvian dialects alongside the standard word.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kārtupelis]
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Noun

kartupelis m (2nd declension)

  1. potato (plant, Solanum tuberosum, with tubers eaten as a starchy vegetable)
    kartupeļu (lakstu) puve ― potato (stem) rot (= a potato disease)
    kartupeļu šķirnes ― potato varieties
  2. potato (the tubers of the potato plant)
    rakt kartupeļus ― to dig for potatoes
    kartupeļu maiss ― potato sack
    mizot, vārīt, cept kartupeļus ― to peel, to boil, to bake potatoes
    kartupeļu biezenis, biezputra ― mashed potatoes (lit. potato puree)

Declension

Declension of kartupelis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative kartupelis kartupeļi
genitive kartupeļa kartupeļu
dative kartupelim kartupeļiem
accusative kartupeli kartupeļus
instrumental kartupeli kartupeļiem
locative kartupelī kartupeļos
vocative kartupeli kartupeļi

References

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