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ķīsis

ķīsis

See also: kisis

Latvian

Ķīsis

Noun

ķīsis m (2nd declension)

  1. ruffe (small freshwater fish, especially Gymnocephalus cernuus)
    ķīsis barojas ar odu kāpuriem un zivju ikriem‎ ― the ruffe feeds on mosquito larvae and fish eggs

Declension

References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “ķīsis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Etymology

A borrowing from Livonian kiš ‎(“ruffe”); compare cognates in other Baltic-Finnic languages (Finnish kiiski, Estonian kiisk, kiis ‎(“ruffe”)). This word is already attested in 15th-16th century family names, in 17th-century dictionaries as ķīsa, ķīsis, and from the 18th century on only in its modern form ķīsis.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [cīːsis]

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