kīņd̦õļkū

Livonian

Etymology

From kīņd̦õļi (“teary (eyed)”) +‎ kū (“month”). The meaning of kīņd̦õl is either a tear or a candle. In the adjectival form, with a soft ⟨ļ⟩, it means specifically "teary (eyed.)" February the 2nd is sometimes observed as "Candle day" (with roots in Latvian mythology), perhaps kīņd̦õļ is a variant of kīņd̦õl in the candle sense, not a shortening of kīņd̦õļi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːɲɟəʎkuː/

Noun

kīņd̦õļkū

1. (poetic) February
   • Valda Šuvcāne, Ieva Ernštreite (1999, 2005), Latvian-Livonian-English Phrase Book, Eraksti, →ISBN

     februāris – februar (kīņd̦õļkū) – February

     February – February (candle month) – February

Declension

Declension of kīņd̦õļkū (12)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	kīņd̦õļkū	kīņd̦õļkūd
genitive (genitīv)	kīņd̦õļkū	kīņd̦õļkūd
partitive (partitīv)	kīņd̦õļkūdõ	kīņd̦õļkūd̦i
dative (datīv)	kīņd̦õļkūn	kīņd̦õļkūdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	kīņd̦õļkūkõks	kīņd̦õļkūdkõks
illative (illatīv)	kīņd̦õļkūzõ	kīņd̦õļkūži
inessive (inesīv)	kīņd̦õļkūsõ kīņd̦õļkūs	kīņd̦õļkūši
elative (elatīv)	kīņd̦õļkūstõ kīņd̦õļkūst	kīņd̦õļkūšti

Synonyms

• februar

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) janvār, februar, märts, april, maij, jūnij, jūlij, ougust, septembõr, oktōbõr, novembõr, detsembõr ^{(Category: liv:Months)}