kartupelis

Latvian

Kartupeļi

Etymology

A borrowing, from Baltic German Kartoffel, Kartuffel (compare Low German Kartuffel, Standard High German Kartoffel, Danish kartoffel), from a Romance language: compare Romansch tartuffel, Italian tartufalo, from tartufo (“truffle”). The Latvian form is first attested at the beginning of the 18th century. A number of other (often unrelated) terms for “potato” exist in Latvian dialects alongside the standard word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kārtupelis]

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Noun

kartupelis m (2nd declension)

1. potato (plant, Solanum tuberosum, with tubers eaten as a starchy vegetable)

   kartupeļu (lakstu) puve ― potato (stem) rot (= a potato disease)

   kartupeļu šķirnes ― potato varieties

2. potato (the tubers of the potato plant)

   rakt kartupeļus ― to dig for potatoes

   kartupeļu maiss ― potato sack

   mizot, vārīt, cept kartupeļus ― to peel, to boil, to bake potatoes

   kartupeļu biezenis, biezputra ― mashed potatoes (lit. potato puree)

Declension

Declension of kartupelis (2nd)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	kartupelis	kartupeļi
genitive	kartupeļa	kartupeļu
dative	kartupelim	kartupeļiem
accusative	kartupeli	kartupeļus
instrumental	kartupeli	kartupeļiem
locative	kartupelī	kartupeļos
vocative	kartupeli	kartupeļi