kāsis
Latvian
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Etymology
The origin of this word is not clear. It may stem from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ḱāk-, *ḱak- (“branch, pole”), via metathesis (from *kāḱ- to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 229: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "bat-pro" is not valid. See WT:LOL. *kāš- to Latvian kāsis), with the original meaning being “bent branch.” Cognates would then include (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lithuanian dialectal kóšis, and maybe also Sanskrit काशिः (kāśiḥ, “hollow of the hand”), if indeed its older meaning was “meander,” “bent, crooked one.”
(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ḱāk-, *ḱak- without metathesis would have yielded the dialectal (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latvian term saķis (“bifurcated ending”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), and Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
kāsis m (2nd declension)
- hook (object with a curved, sharp tip used for suspending or hanging)
- dzelzs, tērauda kāsis ― iron, steel hook
- uzkabināt uz kāša ― to hang (something) on a hook
- pakārt katlu kāsi virs uguns ― to hang the pothook over the fire
- nocelt podu no kāša ― to lift, remove a pot from the hook
- stick, bar with a hook or crooked tip
- izvilkt ar kāsi ūdens spaini no akas ― to pull a bucket of water from the well with a hook
- (something having) the form or shape of a hook
- dzērves, zosis un pīles lido kāsī vai rindā ― cranes, geese and ducks fly in a hook or in a row
- saliekt stiepli kāsī ― to bend the wire into a hook
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References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kāsis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN