kauni
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Sudovian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Baltic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-. Compare Lithuanian kálnas, Latvian kal̂ns, however Old Prussian grabis, *garbis (“hill”).[1][2]
Noun[edit]
kauni
- mountain, hill
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 29, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
References[edit]
- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica (in Lithuanian), volume 21, number 1, page 74: “kauni ‘kalnas, l. góra’ 29.”
- ^ “kálnas” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “nar. kauni s. ‘Berg’”.
Ukuriguma[edit]
Noun[edit]
kauni
Further reading[edit]
- Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975) and A comparative word list of the Northern Adelbert Range Languages, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (1980, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics)