jumts
Latgalian
Noun
jumts m
Latvian
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Etymology
Originally the past participle of the verb jumt (“to cover a roof; to thatch”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Baltic *jumt, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *yew-, *yū- (“to bind, to tie”), with an extra m. Primitive houses were covered by tied, interwoven sticks on which rested a mud covering. Cognates include Proto-Slavic *jǫtъ (“roof”) (cf. Russian приют (prijút, “shelter, retreat”)).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
jumts m (1st declension)
- roof (structure that covers the top of a building; the covering that sits on it)
- skārda jumts ― tin roof
- šīfera jumts ― slate roof
- ruberoīda jumts ― bituminous felt roof
- kārniņu jumts ― tiled roof
- niedru jumts ― thatched roof
- slīps jumts ― sloping roof
- jumta skārds ― roofing sheets
- jumta pape ― roofing felt
- jumta naglas ― roofing nails
- jumta plakne ― the roof plane
- salabot jumtu ― to repair, fix the roof
- jumta istaba, jumtistaba ― penthouse (lit. roof room)
- roof (structure that covers the top of a vehicle and shelters it from the external weather)
- automobiļa jumts ― automobile, car roof
- trolejbusa jumts ― trolley roof
- vagona jumts ― (train) car roof
Declension
Declension of jumts (1st declension)
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “jumts”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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