sekunde
Latvian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta (“second diminished part (of the hour)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
sekunde f (5th declension)
- second (SI unit of time, 1/60 of a minute)
- minūtei ir sešdesmit sekundes ― a minute has sixty seconds
- tas ilga dažas sekundes ― that lasted a few seconds
- šis indikators mirgo reizi sekundē ― this light flashes once per second
- second of arc (unit of angular measurement, 1/60 of a minute of arc)
- šī leņķa lielums ir viena sekunde ― the size of this angle is one second (of arc)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sekunde | sekundes |
| genitive | sekundes | sekunžu |
| dative | sekundei | sekundēm |
| accusative | sekundi | sekundes |
| instrumental | sekundi | sekundēm |
| locative | sekundē | sekundēs |
| vocative | sekunde | sekundes |
See also
Swahili
Etymology
Borrowed from English second[1] or German Sekunde.
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Noun
sekunde class IX (plural sekunde class X)
- second (sixtieth of a minute)
References
- ^ Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “The English-derived Swahili words for units of distance and time include futi (foot), inchi (inch), kilometa (kilometer), maili (mile), yadi (yard), and sekunde (second), all spelled according to their Bantu adaptations.”