kīņd̦õļkū

From kīņd̦õļi (“teary (eyed)”) +‎ kū (“month”). The meaning of kīņd̦õl is either a tear or a candle. In the adjectival form, with a soft ⟨ļ⟩, it means specifically "teary (eyed.)" February the 2nd is sometimes observed as "Candle day" (with roots in Latvian mythology), perhaps kīņd̦õļ is a variant of kīņd̦õl in the candle sense, not a shortening of kīņd̦õļi.

• IPA^(key): /kiːɲɟəʎkuː/

kīņd̦õļkū

1. (poetic) February
   • Valda Šuvcāne, Ieva Ernštreite (1999, 2005), Latvian-Livonian-English Phrase Book, Eraksti, →ISBN

     februāris – februar (kīņd̦õļkū) – February

     February – February (candle month) – February

• februar