avene
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Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
avene f
Latvian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from the word avs “ewe” (cf. auns) + -ene. Raspberries are compared to sheep because of their softness and the tiny projections on their surface. Another possible motivation is that sheep often eat raspberry leaves. Cognates include Lithuanian aviẽtė.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
avene f (5th declension)
- raspberry (a plant of the family Rosaceae, genus Rubus, with sweet, aromatic, usually red berries)
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meža, dārza avene ― forest, garden (= domestic) raspberry
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smaržīgā avene ― fragant raspberry
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aveņu puduris ― raspberry cluster
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baltās avenes ― white raspberries
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avenes izplatītas visā ziemeļu puslodes mērenajā joslā, ogas sarkanas ― raspberries (are) found all over the temperate zone of the Northern hemisphere, (its) berries (are) red
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- raspberry (the berries of this plant)
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iet avenēs ― to go get raspberries
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lasīt avenes ― to gather raspberries
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aveņu ievārījums ― raspberry jam
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Justīne spraucās cauri brikšņiem, lasīdama gatavās avenes ― Justīne peeped through the thicket (bush), gathering ripe raspberries
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izcirtumā atkal smaržo avenes ― in the clearing, one could again smell raspberries
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Declension[edit]
Declension of avene (5th declension)
References[edit]
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “avene”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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- lv:Berries
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