sīknauda
See also: sīknaudā
Latvian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From sīka (“small, tiny”) + nauda (“money”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sīknauda f (4th declension)
- small change (small amount of money, usually coins)
- saņemt sīknaudu ― to get small change
- sauja sīknaudas ― a handful of change
- izmainīt, samainīt latu sīknaudā ― to change, to break one lats into small change
- meitenes pirksti ilgi un drudžaini meklēja maciņā sīknaudu... dažas monētas izkrita un aizripoja pa ietvi ― the girl's fingers frantically searched for a while in the little small change purse... a few coins fell out and rolled on the sidewalk