ronis

Latvian

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Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *ruon-, probably from Proto-Indo-European *rew-, *row- (“to run, to rush, to hurry”) with an extra n. The meaning evolution was probably: “run, hurry (together)” > “to be in a group, herd”, “to be fecund, to be fertile, to rut; to be cheerful, neat” > “neat, cheerful, fertile animal living in groups” > “seal.” Cognates include Lithuanian rúonis.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɾūōnis]

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Noun

ronis m (2nd declension)

seal (several species of mammals of the family Phocidae)
roņu dzimte – the seal family (= Phocidae)

roņu tauki – seal fat

roņu mednieks – seal hunter

pelēkais ronis – gray seal

roņi parasti turas baros – seals usually stay in groups

Ieva peldēja slikti, bet es ūdenī jutos kā ronis – Ieva swam badly, but I felt like a seal in water

Declension

Declension of *ronis* (2nd)
	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	ronis	roņi
genitive	roņa	roņu
dative	ronim	roņiem
accusative	roni	roņus
instrumental	roni	roņiem
locative	ronī	roņos
vocative	roni	roņi

Derived terms

pelēkais ronis

References

^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ronis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈronis/ [ˈro.nis]
Rhymes: -onis
Syllabification: ro‧nis

Noun

ronis m (plural ronis)

(Spain, gypsy community) flirt; player
(Spain, gypsy community) show-off

Related terms

[1] Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ronis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca [Latvian Etymological Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN

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