kauni
Sudovian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Balto-Slavic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *kelH-. Compare Lithuanian kálnas, Latvian kal̂ns, however Old Prussian grabis, *garbis (“hill”).[1][2]
Noun
[edit]kauni
- mountain, hill
- 1985 [1984], Pogańske gwary z Narewu [Pagan dialects from Narew], sourced from copy by V. Zinow, line 29:
- góra — kauni
- mountain
References
[edit]- ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985), “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, , 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)