knaš

Either from dialectal Latvian knasts (“snug, tight (of a garment); elegant; exquisite; pretty; good-looking”) or knašs (“quick, swift”).^[1] See etymology at Latvian knašs.

• IPA^(key): /ˈknɑʃ/, [ˈknɑʃː]

knaš (comparative (ve’l) jo knaš, superlative amā knaš)

1. beautiful, pretty; handsome; attractive
   • 2012–2013, “knaš”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     knaš neitst

     beautiful girl

   • 2012–2013, “knaš”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[2], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     ta um knaš nei ku bīlda

     he is beautiful, handsome as a picture

2. nice
   • 2012–2013, “knaš”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[3], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     rovz vȯdlõbõd knaššõ aigõ

     people are waiting for nice weather

3. (figuratively) nice, pretty
   • 2012–2013, “knaš”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[4], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     knaš rō

     pretty, hefty [sum of] money

• äbknaš

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “knaš”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[5] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra