maiss
Latvian
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Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Baltic *maiš-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *moi-so-, *moi-sḱo- (“sheep; skin”). Cognates include Lithuanian maĩšas (“sack”), Old Prussian moasis (mōsis, “bellows”) (from *mōi- from *mai-), Old Church Slavonic мѣхъ (měxŭ, “bag”), Russian мех (mex, “fur, bellows”), Czech mech (“sack, bellows”), Polish miech (“sack, bellows”), Old Norse meiss (“basket”), Old High German meisa (“carrying device that attaches to the back”), Middle Low German meise (“keg, barrel”), Sanskrit मेष (meṣa, “ram, sheep; sheepskin, fur”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
maiss m (1st declension)
- sack, bag (container made of cloth, plastic, paper, etc. for transportation or storage)
- audekla, papīra maiss ― cloth, paper sack
- tukšs, pilns, caurs mais ― empty, full, leaky sack
- iebērt maisā miltus ― to pour flour into a sack
- miltu, cukura maisi ― flour, sugar sacks
- sabērt pagrabā desmit maisu kartupeļu ― to pour, store ten sacks of potatoes in the basement
Declension
Declension of maiss (1st declension)
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “maiss”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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