CilmeBorrowed from German Tante (“aunt”), itself a borrowing from French tante (“aunt”). This borrowing was first mentioned in 18th-century Latvian texts.
- declension-5, masculineaunt (father's sister or mother's sister; father's brother's wife or mother's brother's wife)
“dzīvot pie tantes” — to live at (one's) aunt's
“tante Betsija” — aunt Betsy
- declension-5, masculineaunt (a grown woman, in relation to a child, even if not the child's real aunt)
“Peterēna vienaudži mani jau uzrunā par tanti” — Peterēns (= Little Peter)'s friends called me aunt
“atbrauca inspektors un viena tante no arodbiedrības, veca meita” — the inspector came with an aunt from the trade union, an old girl
Formastante(canonical, feminine) · onkulis(canonical) · tante(nominative, singular) · tantes(nominative, plural) · tantes(genitive, singular) · tanšu(genitive, plural) · tantei(dative, singular) · tantēm(dative, plural) · tanti(accusative, singular) · tantes(accusative, plural) · tanti(instrumental, singular) · tantēm(instrumental, plural) · tantē(locative, singular) · tantēs(locative, plural) · tante(singular, vocative) · tantes(plural, vocative)
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