läte
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Estonian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *läktek.
Pronunciation
Noun
läte (genitive lätte, partitive lätet)
- source (the point of natural discharge of groundwater at the surface or at the bottom of a body of water)
- origin (where something comes from, originates)
Declension
| Declension of läte (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | läte | lätted | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | lätte | ||
| genitive | lätete | ||
| partitive | lätet | lätteid | |
| illative | lättesse | lätetesse lätteisse | |
| inessive | lättes | lätetes lätteis | |
| elative | lättest | lätetest lätteist | |
| allative | lättele | lätetele lätteile | |
| adessive | lättel | lätetel lätteil | |
| ablative | lättelt | lätetelt lätteilt | |
| translative | lätteks | läteteks lätteiks | |
| terminative | lätteni | läteteni | |
| essive | lättena | lätetena | |
| abessive | lätteta | läteteta | |
| comitative | lättega | lätetega | |
Further reading
- “läte”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
Swedish
Noun
läte n
- call, cry, song, vocalization, ring
- "Mu", "bä", "mjau" och "kvack" är exempel på djurläten
- "Moo", "baa", "meow", and "quack" are examples of animal sounds
- fågelläten
- bird calls
- sound
- Diskmaskinen ger ifrån sig ett underligt läte
- The washing machine is making a strange noise
Usage notes
About a sound (habitually) made by something (especially an animal), whereas ljud refers to a sound more generally. Some overlap occurs in usage.
Declension
| Declension of läte | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | läte | lätet | läten | lätena |
| Genitive | lätes | lätets | lätens | lätenas |