kāngar

Livonian

Alternative forms

  • kāngaŗ

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kangar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑːnɡɑr/, [ˈkɑːŋɡɑr]

Noun

kāngar

  1. a Curonian dune ridge

Declension

Declension of kāngar (234)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) kāngar kāngard
genitive (genitīv) kāngar kāngard
partitive (partitīv) kāngart kāngaŗi
dative (datīv) kāngarõn kāngardõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) kāngarõks kāngardõks
illative (illatīv) kāngarõ kāngaŗiž
inessive (inesīv) kāngarõs kāngaŗis
elative (elatīv) kāngarõst kāngaŗist

Descendants

  • Latvian: kangars (hillcrest, dune crest)

References

  • Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “kāngar”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra