vȱntsa

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oncca, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ońća, possible borrowing from Proto-Germanic *anþja- (*anþiją). Compare Icelandic enni (“forehead”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɤːntsɑ/

Noun

vȱntsa

(anatomy) forehead
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
  vȱntsa – laup, otsaesine, otsmik – piere
  forehead – forehead – forehead

Declension

Declension of vȱntsa (31)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	vȱntsa	vȱntsad
genitive (genitīv)	vȱntsa	vȱntsad
partitive (partitīv)	vȱntsõ	vȱņšti
dative (datīv)	vȱntsan	vȱntsadõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	vȱntsaks	vȱntsadõks
illative (illatīv)	vȱntsõ	vȱntsiž
inessive (inesīv)	vȱntsas	vȱntsis
elative (elatīv)	vȱntsast	vȱntsist

References

^ “otsmik”, in Eesti etümoloogiasõnaraamat (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2012

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