ronis
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *ruon-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *rew-, *row- (“to run, to rush, to hurry”) with an extra n. The meaning evolution was probably: “run, hurry (together)” > “to be in a group, herd”, “to be fecund, to be fertile, to rut; to be cheerful, neat” > “neat, cheerful, fertile animal living in groups” > “seal.” Cognates include Lithuanian rúonis.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɾūōnis]
Noun
ronis m (2nd declension)
- seal (several species of mammals of the family Phocidae)
- roņu dzimte – the seal family (= Phocidae)
- roņu tauki – seal fat
- roņu mednieks – seal hunter
- pelēkais ronis – gray seal
- roņi parasti turas baros – seals usually stay in groups
- Ieva peldēja slikti, bet es ūdenī jutos kā ronis – Ieva swam badly, but I felt like a seal in water
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ronis | roņi |
| genitive | roņa | roņu |
| dative | ronim | roņiem |
| accusative | roni | roņus |
| instrumental | roni | roņiem |
| locative | ronī | roņos |
| vocative | roni | roņi |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ronis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈronis/ [ˈro.nis]
- Rhymes: -onis
- Syllabification: ro‧nis
Noun
ronis m (plural ronis)