tautiete
See also: tautietē
Latvian
Etymology
From tauta (“people, nation”) + -iete, or tautietis (“countryman”) + -e (“[fem.]”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tautiete f (5th declension, masculine form: tautietis)
- a (female) compatriot, a countrywoman (a woman with the same ethnicity or nationality as the speaker)
- afgānu sievietes protestē pret tautietes publisku nolinčošanu ― Afghan women protest against the public lynching of their countrywomen
- (in folk texts) a young woman from another region or from another family or group of families
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tautiete | tautietes |
| genitive | tautietes | tautiešu |
| dative | tautietei | tautietēm |
| accusative | tautieti | tautietes |
| instrumental | tautieti | tautietēm |
| locative | tautietē | tautietēs |
| vocative | tautiete | tautietes |