[kàːsis]
CilmeThe origin of this word is not clear. It may stem from Proto-Indo-European *ḱāk-, *ḱak- (“branch, pole”), via metathesis (from *kāḱ- to Proto-Baltic *kāš- to Latvian kāsis), with the original meaning being “bent branch.” Cognates would then include Lithuanian dialectal kóšis, and maybe also Sanskrit काशिः (kāśiḥ, “hollow of the hand”), if indeed its older meaning was “meander,” “bent, crooked one.”
Proto-Indo-European *ḱāk-, *ḱak- without metathesis would have yielded the dialectal Latvian term saķis (“bifurcated ending”), Lithuanian šakà (“branch”), and Sanskrit शाखा (śākhā, “branch”).
- declension-2, masculinehook (object with a curved, sharp tip used for suspending or hanging)
“dzelzs, tērauda kāsis” — iron, steel hook
“uzkabināt uz kāša” — to hang (something) on a hook
“pakārt katlu kāsi virs uguns” — to hang the pothook over the fire
- declension-2, masculinestick, bar with a hook or crooked tip
“izvilkt ar kāsi ūdens spaini no akas” — to pull a bucket of water from the well with a hook
- declension-2, masculinethe form or shape of a hook
“dzērves, zosis un pīles lido kāsī vai rindā” — cranes, geese and ducks fly in a hook or in a row
“saliekt stiepli kāsī” — to bend the wire into a hook
- declension-2, masculine, slangjoint, a marijuana cigarette
Formaskāsis(nominative, singular) · kāši(nominative, plural) · kāša(genitive, singular) · kāšu(genitive, plural) · kāsim(dative, singular) · kāšiem(dative, plural) · kāsi(accusative, singular) · kāšus(accusative, plural) · kāsi(instrumental, singular) · kāšiem(instrumental, plural) · kāsī(locative, singular) · kāšos(locative, plural) · kāsi(singular, vocative) · kāši(plural, vocative)
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