slēptuve

See also: slēptuvē

Latvian

From slēpt (“to hide”) +‎ -uve.

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slēptuve f (5th declension)

hideout, hiding place (a place where one can hide, escape from something, where one will not be noticed)
sagaidījis tumsu, Jānis izraušas no savas slēptuves ― having waited for darkness, Jānis came out of his hiding place
hideout, hiding place (a place where something is hidden)
naudas slēptuve ― the hiding place of the money

zem grīdas ierīkota slēptuve, un tur tagad novietoti divi lieli čemodāni ― a hiding place was built under the floor, and now two big suitcases were placed there