boŗ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bor"

Livonian

Etymology

Perhaps related to buoŗ (“a handheld borer, drill”) that Suhonen lists as a borrowing from Latvian boris. Ultimately from Low German bōr.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /borʲ/

Noun

bo'ŗ

  1. worm
  2. earthworm (Lumbricus)

Declension

Declension of boŗ (64)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) boŗ boŗīd
genitive (genitīv) boŗ boŗīd
partitive (partitīv) boŗŗõ boŗīdi
dative (datīv) boŗŗõn boŗīdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) boŗkõks boŗīdõks
illative (illatīv) boŗŗõ boŗīž
inessive (inesīv) boŗš
boŗšõ 		boŗīs
elative (elatīv) boŗštõ boŗīst

References

  1. ^ Seppo Suhonen (1973), Die jungen lettischen Lehnwörter im Livischen, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura
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