kuņģis

Latvian

Cilvēka kuņģis

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latvian dialectal from guņģis (“belly”) by dissimilation, from Proto-Indo-European *geng- (“lump”), from the stem *gen- (“to squeeze, to make (something) round”). See also Latvian dziedzeris (“gland”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kūɲɟis]
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Noun

kuņģis m (2nd declension)

  1. (anatomy) stomach (extension of the digestive tract between the oesophagus and the small intestine)
    cilvēka kuņģis ― human stomach
    kuņģa siena ― stomach wall
    kuņģa sula ― gastric juice
    kuņģa slimība ― stomach disease
    kuņģa čūla, jēlums ― stomach ulcer

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Derived terms

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kuņģis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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