Mustānum
Livonian
Etymology
This toponym also appears comparably late (like Kūolka and Kuoštrõg) and it is difficult to determine in which language it originated [the Latvian and Livonian versions are semantically identical]. V. Kiparsky has suggested that its earlier name might have been the Baltic Sareyken mentioned in 16th century documents as a populated place between Ģipka and Kolka.[1]
Morphologically from mustā (“black”) + num (“pine forest”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mustɑːnum/
Proper noun
Mustānum
- Melnsils (a village in Courland, Latvia)
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
- Mustānum – Mustānum – Melnsils
- Melnsils – Melnsils – Melnsils
- Mustānum – Mustānum – Melnsils
- Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz, Tartu, Rīga: TÜ, LVA
Declension
Declension of Mustānum (126)
| singular (ikšlug) | plural (pǟgiņlug) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīv) | Mustānum | – |
| genitive (genitīv) | Mustānum | – |
| partitive (partitīv) | Mustānummõ | – |
| dative (datīv) | Mustānummõn | – |
| instrumental (instrumentāl) | Mustānummõks | – |
| illative (illatīv) | Mustānummõ | – |
| inessive (inesīv) | Mustānumsõ Mustānums | – |
| elative (elatīv) | Mustānumstõ Mustānumst | – |
Usage notes
This term has open space locative forms: allative Mustānummõlõ, adessive Mustānummõl, ablative Mustānummõld.
References
- Kersti Boiko, Ziemeļkurzemes piekrastes lībiešu ciemu vietvārdi in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, pages 220-221