Catalan

Verb

tornis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of tornar

Latin

Noun

tornīs

1. dative plural of tornus
2. ablative plural of tornus

Latvian

Skābbarības tornis (2)

Tornis (1)

Tornis (3)

Etymology

A borrowing from Middle Low German torn or Middle Dutch toorn or an East Frisian word (compare West Frisian toer; also compare German Turm), itself a borrowing, via Old Frisian torn, from Latin turris (accusative turrem). A dialectal German form Turn, borrowed as turnis, would in the Kurzeme dialects yield tornis (with [uo]). This word is first mentioned in 17th-century dictionaries.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tūōrnis]

Noun

tornis m (2nd declension)

1. tower (tall, cylindrical or similarly shaped structure in a building)

   baznīcas, pils tornis‎ ― church, castle tower

   skatu, novērošanas tornis‎ ― observation tower

   ugunsdzēsēju tornis‎ ― fire tower

   televīzijas tornis‎ ― television tower

   cietokšņa tornis‎ ― fortress tower

   koka, tērauda tornis‎ ― wooden, steel tower

   dzelzsbetona tornis‎ ― reinforced concrete tower

   torņa augša‎ ― top of the tower

   torņa pulkstenis‎ ― tower clock

2. tank, silo (large vertical building used to store grain)

   skābbarības tornis‎ ― silo (lit. silage tower)

3. (chess) rook (chess piece shaped like a castle tower)

   iesaistīt torni spēlē‎ ― to involve, employ the rook in the game

Declension

References

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