Tukāmō

Livonian

Etymology

Morphologically from tukā + . Endzelīns has tried to link Latvian Tukums with tūkt. Dzintra Hirša offers a Finnic source, including Estonian tukkuma (to snooze), tukk, tuka (crest, nape) + maa (land), Livonian tutkām (tip, end) + (land).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tukɑːmɒː/

Proper noun

Tukāmō

  1. Tukums (a town in Latvia)

Declension

References

  1. Dzintra Hirša, Lībieši un lībiešu izcelsmes vietvārdi Latvijā in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 212
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