pǟvaīe

Livonian

Etymology

From pǟva (day) + īe (night). Perhaps a calque of Latvian diennakts (diena (day) + nakts (night)), cf. Estonian ööpäev (öö (night) + päev (day)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pæːvɑ.iːe/

Noun

pǟvaīe

  1. day (a period of 24 hours)
    • Valda Šuvcāne, Ieva Ernštreite (1999, 2005), Latvian-Livonian-English Phrase Book, Eraksti, →ISBN
      diennakts – pǟvaīe – twenty-four hours
      twenty-four hours – twenty-four hours – twenty-four hours

Declension

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