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Derived from the present stem aplok- of aplocīt(“to wrap around”), itself from ap- + locīt(“to fold, to bend”), + -ne, with an intermediate epenthetics. The word was coined at the end of the 19th century but only became popular in the 20th century, replacing the earlier borrowingkuverts.[1]
aizzīmogota aploksne ― sealed envelope (with a seal)
aploksne ar marku ― envelope with a stamp
uzrakstīt uz aploksnes adresi ― to write the address on the envelope
uz galda stāvēja divas aploksnes ar simt divdesmit kronām katrā ― on the table there were two envelopes, each with 120 kronas
viņš atrada uz sava galda vēstuli... tā kā mājās pasts nāca reti, viņš ar sevišķu interesi aplūkoja zilgano aploksni ― he found a letter on his table... since the mail came only rarely home, he looked with particular interest at the blue envelope
