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kamanas
kamanas
See also: kamanās
Latvian
Kamanas
Noun
kamanas f (4th declension)
- (only plural) sleigh (vehicle on runners pulled by animals over snow or ice)
- jūgt kamanās ― to harness (a horse) to (lit. in) a sleigh
- braukt ar kamanām ― to go by, on (a) sleigh
- braukt kamanās ― to ride a sleigh
- briežu kamanas ― (rein)deer sleigh
- suņu kamanas ― dog sled
- kamanu sega ― sleigh blanket
- zem kamanu sliecēm gurkstēja sniegs ― the snow crunched under the sleigh runners
- vedējs un milicis Kaņeps izlēca no kamanām ― the driver and police agent Kaņeps jumped out of the sleigh
Declension
Declension of kamanas (4th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | — | kamanas |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | — | kamanas |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | — | kamanu |
| dative (datīvs) | — | kamanām |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | — | kamanām |
| locative (lokatīvs) | — | kamanās |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | — | kamanas |
Usage notes
The original singular form kamana is attested only in folk songs.
Derived terms
- kamaniņas
See also
- ragavas, ragaviņas
References
- ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “kamanas”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7