nāsenis

Latvian

Etymology

Coined in the 1920s, from nāss (“nostril”) +‎ -enis.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

nāsenis m (2nd declension)

  1. (phonetics, phonology) nasal consonant (a consonant articulated simultaneously with nasal airflow; e.g., m, n)
    sanskrita nāsenis ñ ir pielāgojošs alofons līdzskanim n ― the Sanskrit nasal consonant ñ is an assimilating allophone of the consonant n

Declension

Declension of nāsenis (2nd declension)
singular plural
nominative nāsenis nāseņi
genitive nāseņa nāseņu
dative nāsenim nāseņiem
accusative nāseni nāseņus
instrumental nāseni nāseņiem
locative nāsenī nāseņos
vocative nāseni nāseņi

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “nāss”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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