meitene

From meita (“daughter, girl”) +‎ -ene. First attested in 18th-century sources, at first only as “little girl,” later on also as “young woman.”^[1]

• IPA^(key): [mɛ̂jtɛnɛ]

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meitene f (5th declension)

1. girl (female child, up to approximately 18 years of age)

   čakla meitene ― diligent girl

   meiteņu skola ― girls' school

   meiteņu koris ― girls' choir

   meitene ar bizītēm ― a girl with braids

   meiteņu apģērbi ― girls' clothes

   rotaļās gāja zēni un meitenes ― the boys and the girls went to play

   dūšīga sieva ar trim meitenēm, vecumā no desmit līdz četrpadsmit gadiem ― a robust woman with three girls, aged from ten to fourteen years

2. young woman

   sarīkojumu organizēja ceha meitenes ― the girls of the workshop organized the event

   Edīte bija jauna meitene, ar mundru gaitu un vēl bērnišķīgu seju ― Edīte was a young woman with a lively gait and a still child-like face

3. girl, girlfriend (a young woman in which a man is romantically interested)

   katram puisim bija vai nu sieva, vai sava meitene ― every young man had either a wife or a girl(friend)

   Tiju Galotni visvairāk interesēja tas, vai Alvils Dzeguze atnāks viens vai kopā ar savu meiteni ― Tija Galotne was interested above all in whether Alvils Dzeguse came back alone, or with his girl(friend)

• (of "girl"): meitenīte, skuķēns
• (of "young, unmarried woman"): meita skuķis, skuķe

• (antonym(s) of “of "girl"”): zēns, zeņķis, puika, puisēns, puisītis
• (antonym(s) of “of "young, unmarried woman"”): zēns, puika, puisis

• meitenīte
• meitenīgs

• meita