svešiniece

From svešs (“death”) +‎ -iniece, or svešinieks (“stranger”) +‎ -e (“fem.”) (the latter with palatalization of k to c).

svešiniece f (5th declension)

1. (female) stranger (unknown woman)

   Ievai kļuva aizvien karstāk: beidzot viņa redzēs vaigu vaigā Arvīda audžuvecākus, par kuriem tik daudz dzirdēts... kā tie uzņems svešinieci? ― Ieva felt hotter (= more nervous): finally she was going to see face to face Arvīds' foster parents, about whom she had heard so much... how would they react to this (female) stranger (= Ieva)?

• svešatne
• svešums