kūnas
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Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with Latvian kūnis (“pupa (of an insect); body”), with further origin uncertain:[1]
- Charpentier and Fraenkel derive the word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”), with Fraenkel comparing the long vowel in Lithuanian to that of Ancient Greek σκῦτος (skûtos, “skin, hide”) in particular.[2]
- Another theory takes the word as a derivative from the verb káuti (“to beat, strike”), where the noun's original sense was "(well-hewn) body", in which case from Proto-Balto-Slavic *káuˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *kowh₂, from *kewh₂- (“to strike”).[3]
- Bruckner compares the word to Proto-Slavic *kъnъ (“trunk”) (whence Polish do cna (“totally, completely”)); however, the long ū in the Lithuanian term makes this phonetically doubtful.[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
kū́nas m (plural kū́nai) stress pattern 1
Declension
Declension of kū́nas
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | kū́nas | kū́nai |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | kū́no | kū́nų |
| dative (naudininkas) | kū́nui | kū́nams |
| accusative (galininkas) | kū́ną | kū́nus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | kū́nu | kū́nais |
| locative (vietininkas) | kū́ne | kū́nuose |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | kū́ne | kū́nai |
References
- ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kū́nas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 324
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “kū́nas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 310
- ^ Lituanus. (1988). United States: Lithuanian Student Association, Secretariate for External Relations, p. 311