cauna

 Caunas on Latvian Wikipedia

• (dialectal form) caune

From Proto-Baltic *kyau-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱew-, *kew- (“to shine; light; bright”), with an added suffix *-no. Cognates include Lithuanian kiáunė, dialectal kiaunė̃, Old Prussian caune ([kaune]) (compare dialectal Latvian caune), Proto-Slavic *kuna (Russian куни́ца (kuníca), dialectal куна́ (kuná), Czech kuna).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [tsaûna]

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cauna f (4th declension)

1. marten (several species of mustelids of genus Martes)

   meža cauna ― forest marten

   medīt caunas ― to hunt marten

   caunu kažoks ― marten fur

   caunu cepure ― marten (fur) hat

   putni ziemā viegli kļūst par laupījumu vanagam, caunai, sermulim un lapsai ― birds in winter easily become prey to hawks, martens, ermines and foxes

• caunāda, caunas āda
• Sibīrijas cauna
• Japānas cauna

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cauna f (plural caunas)

1. a cavern, cave, grotto