vȱntsa

Livonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *oncca, from Proto-Finno-Permic *ońća, possible borrowing from Proto-Germanic *anþja- (*anþiją). Compare Icelandic enni (“forehead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɤːntsɑ/

Noun

vȱntsa

1. (anatomy) forehead
   • Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA

     vȱntsa – laup, otsaesine, otsmik – piere

     forehead – forehead – forehead

Declension

Declension of vȱntsa (31)

	singular (ikšlug)	plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv)	vȱntsa	vȱntsad
genitive (genitīv)	vȱntsa	vȱntsad
partitive (partitīv)	vȱntsõ	vȱņšti
dative (datīv)	vȱntsan	vȱntsadõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	vȱntsaks	vȱntsadõks
illative (illatīv)	vȱntsõ	vȱntsiž
inessive (inesīv)	vȱntsas	vȱntsis
elative (elatīv)	vȱntsast	vȱntsist