vāvere
See also: vāverē
Latvian
Etymology
From a reduplicated form of Proto-Baltic *war-, from Proto-Indo-European *wewer-, from *wor-, *wer- (“squirrel, small forest mammal”), probably from *wer- (“to turn, to bend”) (perhaps because of this animal's flexible body). Cognates include Lithuanian voverė̃, Old Prussian weware, Russian dialectal веверица (veverica), вевёрка (vevjórka), Belarusian вавё́рка (vavjórka), Ukrainian віве́рица (vivéryca), веві́рка (vevírka), ви́вірка (vývirka), Bulgarian ве́верица (véverica), Czech veverka, Polish wiewiórka, Old High German eihhurno, eihhorno (< *aik-wer-nô, German Eichhorn, Dutch eekhoorn, Persian وروره (varvarah), Welsh gwiwer, Latin vīverra (“ferret”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [vaːvɛɾɛ]
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Noun
vāvere f (5th declension)
Declension
Declension of vāvere (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | vāvere | vāveres |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | vāveri | vāveres |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | vāveres | vāveru |
| dative (datīvs) | vāverei | vāverēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | vāveri | vāverēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | vāverē | vāverēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | vāvere | vāveres |
Derived terms
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vāvere”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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