boŗ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bor"

Livonian

Etymology

Perhaps related to buoŗ (“a handheld borer, drill”) that Suhonen lists as a borrowing from Latvian boris. Ultimately from Low German bōr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /borʲ/

Noun

bo'ŗ

1. worm
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     boŗ nīlgõb

     a worm wriggles

2. earthworm (Lumbricus)

Declension

Declension of boŗ (64)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	boŗ	boŗīd
genitive (genitīv)	boŗ	boŗīd
partitive (partitīv)	boŗŗõ	boŗīdi
dative (datīv)	boŗŗõn	boŗīdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	boŗkõks	boŗīdõks
illative (illatīv)	boŗŗõ	boŗīž
inessive (inesīv)	boŗš boŗšõ	boŗīs
elative (elatīv)	boŗštõ	boŗīst