meitenīte

From meitene (“girl”) +‎ -īte (“dim.”) (with meitene from meita (“daughter, girl”) +‎ -ene).

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meitenīte m (5th declension)

1. little girl; diminutive of meitene

   puisītis vai meitenīte? ― is it a little boy or a little girl? (asked to a pregnant woman)

   šai aukstumā un tumsā pa ielu gāja maza, nabadzīga meitenīte kailu galvu un basām kājām ― in this cold and darkness there went by the road a small, poor little girl, bareheaded and barefoot

• puika, puisēns, puisītis, zēns, zeņķis

• meita, meitene