elkonis

Latvian

Elkonis

Alternative forms

• (dialectal forms) elkons, elkone, elkūne

Etymology

From Latvian dialectal elks (“bend, angle”) +‎ -onis, from Proto-Baltic *elk-, from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃l- (“to bend”), with an extra k. Cognates include Lithuanian alkū́nė (“elbow; bend”), dialectal elkū́nė, Old Prussian alkunis ([alkūnis]), Proto-Slavic *olkъt- (Old Church Slavonic лакъть (lakŭtĭ), Russian ло́коть (lókotʹ), Czech loket, Polish lokieć), Old Irish aleina, Old High German elina, German Ellenbogen, Dutch elleboog, English elbow, Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē), Latin ulna (“elbow, arm”) (< *olinā-), Old Armenian ողն (ołn, “back, spine”), ուլն (uln, “neck”), Hittite alkištan-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [æ̀lkùonis]

Audio:

(file)

Noun

elkonis m (2nd declension)

1. (anatomy) elbow (joint connecting the upper and lower arm and the adjacent region)

   atspiesties uz elkoņiem ― to lean on the elbows

   paņemt pie elkoņa ― to take (someone) by the elbow

   piegrūst ar elkoni ― to nudge (someone) with the elbow

2. elbow (part of a sleeve located near the arm joint)

   vecs, rūtains krekls trīskārt lāpītiem elkoņiem ― an old, checkered shirt with thrice-patched elbows

Declension

Declension of elkonis (2nd declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	elkonis	elkoņi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	elkoni	elkoņus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	elkoņa	elkoņu
dative (datīvs)	elkonim	elkoņiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	elkoni	elkoņiem
locative (lokatīvs)	elkonī	elkoņos
vocative (vokatīvs)	elkoni	elkoņi