tauste

A late 19th-century coinage, from the same stem as the verb taustīt (“to smell”) (q.v.), made into a 5th-declension feminine noun.^[1]

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tauste f (5th declension)

1. (sense) touch (the capacity to perceive the external world and its objects by feeling them, especially with one's hands)

   taustes orgāni, analizatori ― tactile organs, system

   taustes sajūtas, priekšstati ― tactile sensations, perceptions

   taustes atmiņa ― tactile memory

   noteikt priekšmetus pēc taustes ― to identify objects by touch

   bērni attīsta sevī taustes izjūtu, viņiem vajag visu aptaustīt ― children are developing in themselves the sense of touch, they need to touch and feel everything

   rāpuļiem labi attīstīta arī tauste; šajā ziņā sevišķi jutīga tiem ir mēle ― reptiles have a well developed (sense of) touch; in this respect, their tongue is particularly sensitive

• tausteklis
• taustīt
• taustiņš

• The five senses (piecas maņas):
  redze - dzirde - oža - garša - tauste