Vēna
See also: Appendix:Variations of "vena"
Livonian
Etymology
Compare Finnish Väinäjoki, Estonian Väina jõgi.
In Estonian väin (archaic form is väinas) means (sea) strait; In Livonian vēna also means a wide estuary or a port. An Indo-European loan word via Proto-Balto-Slavic. Proto-Slavic *dvina < Proto-Indo-European *dʰweynā (compare Dviná, the Russian name for Daugava). Indo-European *dʰew- means "to run, to flow"; *dʰew-e-ti "(it) flows, runs"; compare Sanskrit धावति (dhāvati, “run, flow, move”). There's speculated connection with Icelandic dvína "to diminish" (i.e. in this connection as "diminishing, dwindling river"), but maybe it just comes from the abovementioned Indo-European root.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veːnɑ/
Proper noun
Vēna
- River Daugava (the largest river in Latvia)
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- Vēna – Väina jõgi – Daugava
- Daugava – Daugava – Daugava
- Vēna – Väina jõgi – Daugava
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | Vēna | – |
| genitive (genitīv) | Vēna | – |
| partitive (partitīv) | Veinõ | – |
| dative (datīv) | Vēnan | – |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | Vēnaks | – |
| illative (illatīv) | Veinõ | – |
| inessive (inesīv) | Vēnas | – |
| elative (elatīv) | Vēnast | – |
References
- ^ http://www.tieteessatapahtuu.fi/013/kesk.htm (in Finnish)