ložmetējs

Latvian

Ložmetēji

Etymology

From lode (“bullet”) +‎ metējs (“thrower, shooter”).

Calque of Russian пулемёт (pulemjót); coined in 1922 by a terminology commission at the Latvian Ministry of Education.

Noun

ložmetējs m (1st declension)

  1. machine gun

Declension

Synonyms

  • ložberis
  • ložmetis

References

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