kēļ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "kel"

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *keeli, from Proto-Uralic *käle. Cognates include Estonian keel and Finnish kieli.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeːʎ/, [ˈkeːʎ]

Noun

kēļ

  1. tongue
  2. language
  3. string (of a stringed instrument)
  4. trigger (of a firearm)

Declension

Declension of kēļ (215)
singular (ikšlu’g) plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv) kēļ kīeld
genitive (genitīv) kīel kīeld
partitive (partitīv) kīeldõ kēļi
dative (datīv) kīelõn kīeldõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) kīelkõks kīeldkõks
illative (illatīv) kīelõ kēļiž
inessive (inesīv) kīelsõ kēļši
elative (elatīv) kīelstõ kēļšti

References

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