kauni

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Sudovian

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic , from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-. Compare Lithuanian kálnas, Latvian kal̂ns, however Old Prussian grabis, *garbis (“hill”).[1][2]

Noun

kauni

  1. mountain, hill

References

  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 74: “kauni ‘kalnas, l. góra’ 29.”
  2. ^ “kálnas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. kauni s. ‘Berg’”.

Ukuriguma

Noun

kauni

  1. ear

Further reading

  • Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975) and A comparative word list of the Northern Adelbert Range Languages, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (1980, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)
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