austrumi

From the same stem as the verb aust (“to dawn”): from Proto-Baltic *aus- with an extra -(t)rā (cf. austra “dawn light”) +‎ -ums, from Proto-Indo-European *āws-, *aws- (“to shine”) (< *h₂ews-). As in many other Indo-European languages, the term for “east” is thus related to, or derived from, terms meaning “dawn” or “sunrise.”^[1]

• IPA^(key): [àwstrumi]

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austrumi m (1st declension)

1. (plural only) east (one of the four compass points, opposed to west)

   austrumu vējš ― east wind

   ēkas austrumu puse ― the east side of the building

   doties austrumu virzienā ― to go east (lit. in the east direction)

   mainīt kursu uz austrumiem ― to change course to the east

   austrumos debesu pamalē jau blāzmoja rīts ― in the east horizon the morning begins to dawn

2. east (territory situated in or along this direction)

   Latvijas austrumi ― the Latvian east (the east part of Latvia)

   dzīvot pilsētas austrumos ― to live in th east (part) of town

3. (also Austrumi) East, Eastern, Oriental (regions located in Asia or neighboring areas)

   austrumu tautas, valodas ― Eastern peoples, languages

   lieliska gulta!... tajā varēja gulēt kā sapnī, kā austrumu pasakā ― a wonderful bed!... in it you can sleep as in a dream, as in an Eastern fairy tale

• austrumpuse

compass points: debespuses:  ^[edit]