kāts

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Latvian

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Noun

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kāts m (1st declension)

  1. handle, haft, hilt, helve
  2. shaft, shank

Declension

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Declension of kāts (1st declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) kāts kāti
accusative (akuzatīvs) kātu kātus
genitive (ģenitīvs) kāta kātu
dative (datīvs) kātam kātiem
instrumental (instrumentālis) kātu kātiem
locative (lokatīvs) kātā kātos
vocative (vokatīvs) kāt kāti

Tocharian A

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Etymology

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From Proto-Tocharian *kātsān (whence also Tocharian B kātso). Further origin uncertain; most likely from a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *gʷet- (“swelling, rounding; stomach, gut”), in which case cognate with Old English cwiþ (“pregnant”).

Noun

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kāts

  1. (anatomy) belly, stomach, abdomen, womb
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