kuņģis
Latvian
Alternative forms
- (dialectal form) guņģis
Etymology
From Latvian dialectal from guņģis (“belly”) by dissimilation, from Proto-Indo-European *geng- (“lump”), from the stem *gen- (“to squeeze, to make (something) round”). See also Latvian dziedzeris (“gland”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kūɲɟis]
Audio: (file)
Noun
kuņģis m (2nd declension)
- (anatomy) stomach (extension of the digestive tract between the oesophagus and the small intestine)
- cilvēka kuņģis ― human stomach
- kuņģa siena ― stomach wall
- kuņģa sula ― gastric juice
- kuņģa slimība ― stomach disease
- kuņģa čūla, jēlums ― stomach ulcer
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | kuņģis | kuņģi |
| genitive | kuņģa | kuņģu |
| dative | kuņģim | kuņģiem |
| accusative | kuņģi | kuņģus |
| instrumental | kuņģi | kuņģiem |
| locative | kuņģī | kuņģos |
| vocative | kuņģi | kuņģi |
Derived terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kuņģis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary][1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN