vista

vista (nominative singular)
vistas (nominative plural)
vistu (accusative singular)
vistas (accusative plural)
vistas (genitive singular)
vistu (genitive plural)
vistai (dative singular)
vistām (dative plural)
vistu (instrumental singular)
vistām (instrumental plural)
vistā (locative singular)
vistās (locative plural)
vista (singular vocative)
vistas (plural vocative)

There are two theories on the origin of this word. One derives it from Proto-Baltic *wiš- (with an extra element -tā), from Proto-Indo-European *wik-, the zero grade form of *weyḱ- (“house, settlement”). The original meaning would then have been “(relating to) the house, the settlement", from which "domestic (animal)” and finally “chicken.” The other theory relates it to Avestan 𐬬𐬍𐬱 (vīš, “bird”), possibly from a Proto-Indo-European stem *weys-. Cognates include Lithuanian vištà.

mājas vista

vista ar cāļiem

vistas gaļa, olas

vistu kūts

perētāja vista

cekulainā vista

vistas buljons

Gallus gallus
Gallus gallus#Translingual

hen (female chicken); chicken (Gallus gallus in general)


govs

govs (nominative singular)
govis (nominative plural)
govi (accusative singular)
govis (accusative plural)
govs (genitive singular)
govju (genitive plural)
govij (dative singular)
govīm (dative plural)
govi (instrumental singular)
govīm (instrumental plural)
govī (locative singular)
govīs (locative plural)
govs (singular vocative)
govis (plural vocative)

From earlier Latvian *gùovis, from Eastern Proto-Baltic *guowis (an i-stem), from Proto-Balto-Slavic *gaw- ~ *gōw-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cattle”).
Cognates include Hittite [script needed] (guwau-), Old Armenian կով (kov), Proto-Slavic *govędo (“cattle”) (Russian говя́дина (govjádina, “beef”), dialectal говя́до (govjádo, “cattle, beef, butter”), Belarusian гавя́да (havjáda, “domestic animal”), Bulgarian говедо (govedo, “cow, cattle”), Czech hovado (“cow, cattle”)), Old High German chuo (German Kuh, Dutch koe, English cow, Swedish ko, Icelandic kýr), Proto-Celtic *bow- (Old Irish bó, Irish bó, Scottish Gaelic bò, Middle Welsh bu) Latin bōs, bōvis (“ox, cattle”), dialectal vos (Italian bove, bue, French bœuf, Romanian bou, Spanish buey, Portuguese boi).

cog

piena govs

slaukt govis

govs stāv ciet, ir ciet

the cow stands, is closed (= does not give milk, before calving)


cūka

cūka (nominative singular)
cūkas (nominative plural)
cūku (accusative singular)
cūkas (accusative plural)
cūkas (genitive singular)
cūku (genitive plural)
cūkai (dative singular)
cūkām (dative plural)
cūku (instrumental singular)
cūkām (instrumental plural)
cūkā (locative singular)
cūkās (locative plural)
cūka (singular vocative)
cūkas (plural vocative)

From Proto-Baltic *kyaw-, *kyū-, from a palatalized version (perhaps by onomatopoeia, by imitating this animal's sound) of Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *kū- (“to howl, to shout; cf. kaukt “to howl””). A parallel, non-palatalized version is probably reflected in placenames like Kūkas, perhaps originally a region with many wild boars. An even further palatalized version (where *ky > *ḱ > *š > Latvian s) may have given rise to placenames like Sauka, or, with a different suffix, to placenames in -saule like Jaunsaule, perhaps even to Lithuanian Šiauliaĩ. A different (minoritary) theory derives čūka from an earlier *sūka, borrowed from Slavic (cf. Russian су́ка (súka)); another (minoritary) viewpoint connects cūka to imitative words used to call pigs, like Russian чух (čux)!, чух-чух (čux-čux)!, Belarusian, Ukrainian ацю! (acju!), Polish a ciu!, Latvian čuk-čuk!, Lithuanian čiùk-čiùk!, čiū́k-čiū́k! Cognates include Lithuanian dialectal čiūkà, kūkà, also čiūkùtis, kūkùtis (“piglet”), Russian dialectal чу́ха (čúxa), чухна́ (čuxná, “pig”).

cūka ar sivēniem


kaza

kaza (nominative singular)
kazas (nominative plural)
kazu (accusative singular)
kazas (accusative plural)
kazas (genitive singular)
kazu (genitive plural)
kazai (dative singular)
kazām (dative plural)
kazu (instrumental singular)
kazām (instrumental plural)
kazā (locative singular)
kazās (locative plural)
kaza (singular vocative)
kazas (plural vocative)

Apparently borrowed from Russian коза́ (kozá): note that the words for “male goat” and “female goat” in Latvian are non-cognate (āzis and kaza), unlike other Baltic languages (Lithuanian ožỹs, ožkà; Old Prussian wosux ([vōzuks]), wosee ([vōzē])), which suggests that an earlier Latvian term, perhaps *āze (apparently present in place names like Āzes), was replaced by the borrowed kaza.

kazu piens

kazu siers

slaukt kazu


avs

avs (nominative singular)
avis (nominative plural)
avi (accusative singular)
avis (accusative plural)
avs (genitive singular)
avju (genitive plural)
avij (dative singular)
avīm (dative plural)
avi (instrumental singular)
avīm (instrumental plural)
avī (locative singular)
avīs (locative plural)
avs (singular vocative)
avis (plural vocative)

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *áwis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

avju gans

avs piens

(dated) ewe (female sheep; also generic term)


kuce

kuce (nominative singular)
kuces (nominative plural)
kuci (accusative singular)
kuces (accusative plural)
kuces (genitive singular)
kuču (genitive plural)
kucei (dative singular)
kucēm (dative plural)
kuci (instrumental singular)
kucēm (instrumental plural)
kucē (locative singular)
kucēs (locative plural)
kuce (singular vocative)
kuces (plural vocative)

mums ir ļoti gudra kuce

kuce ar kucēniem

grūsna kuce


ķēve

ķēve (nominative singular)
ķēves (nominative plural)
ķēvi (accusative singular)
ķēves (accusative plural)
ķēves (genitive singular)
ķēvju (genitive plural)
ķēvei (dative singular)
ķēvēm (dative plural)
ķēvi (instrumental singular)
ķēvēm (instrumental plural)
ķēvē (locative singular)
ķēvēs (locative plural)
ķēve (singular vocative)
ķēves (plural vocative)

Borrowed from Livonian kēv (“mare”), from Proto-Finnic *keevi (cognate with Proto-Samic *kievë (“reindeer cow”)).

ķēves piens

iebērt ķēvei auzas


mātīte

mātīte (nominative singular)
mātītes (nominative plural)
mātīti (accusative singular)
mātītes (accusative plural)
mātītes (genitive singular)
mātīšu (genitive plural)
mātītei (dative singular)
mātītēm (dative plural)
mātīti (instrumental singular)
mātītēm (instrumental plural)
mātītē (locative singular)
mātītēs (locative plural)
mātīte (singular vocative)
mātītes (plural vocative)

zosu mātīte

pīļu mātīte

zaķu mātīte

vaislas mātītes


kaķe

kaķe (nominative singular)
kaķes (nominative plural)
kaķi (accusative singular)
kaķes (accusative plural)
kaķes (genitive singular)
kaķu (genitive plural)
kaķei (dative singular)
kaķēm (dative plural)
kaķi (instrumental singular)
kaķēm (instrumental plural)
kaķē (locative singular)
kaķēs (locative plural)
kaķe (singular vocative)
kaķes (plural vocative)

female cat, she-cat (a less frequent synonym of kaķene)


lauvene

lauvene (nominative singular)
lauvenes (nominative plural)
lauveni (accusative singular)
lauvenes (accusative plural)
lauvenes (genitive singular)
lauveņu (genitive plural)
lauvenei (dative singular)
lauvenēm (dative plural)
lauveni (instrumental singular)
lauvenēm (instrumental plural)
lauvenē (locative singular)
lauvenēs (locative plural)
lauvene (singular vocative)
lauvenes (plural vocative)

lauvene ar lauvēniem


trusene

trusene (nominative singular)
trusenes (nominative plural)
truseni (accusative singular)
trusenes (accusative plural)
trusenes (genitive singular)
truseņu (genitive plural)
trusenei (dative singular)
trusenēm (dative plural)
truseni (instrumental singular)
trusenēm (instrumental plural)
trusenē (locative singular)
trusenēs (locative plural)
trusene (singular vocative)
trusenes (plural vocative)

trusene ar trusēniem


vilcene

vilcene (nominative singular)
vilcenes (nominative plural)
vilceni (accusative singular)
vilcenes (accusative plural)
vilcenes (genitive singular)
vilceņu (genitive plural)
vilcenei (dative singular)
vilcenēm (dative plural)
vilceni (instrumental singular)
vilcenēm (instrumental plural)
vilcenē (locative singular)
vilcenēs (locative plural)
vilcene (singular vocative)
vilcenes (plural vocative)

From vilks (“wolf”) + -ene (with k > c via palatalization).

tūlīt izlēca vilcene

vilcene ar vilcēniem


lācene

lācene (nominative singular)
lācenes (nominative plural)
lāceni (accusative singular)
lācenes (accusative plural)
lācenes (genitive singular)
lāceņu (genitive plural)
lācenei (dative singular)
lācenēm (dative plural)
lāceni (instrumental singular)
lācenēm (instrumental plural)
lācenē (locative singular)
lācenēs (locative plural)
lācene (singular vocative)
lācenes (plural vocative)

lācene ar lācēniem


ēzeļmāte

ēzeļmāte (nominative singular)
ēzeļmātes (nominative plural)
ēzeļmāti (accusative singular)
ēzeļmātes (accusative plural)
ēzeļmātes (genitive singular)
ēzeļmāšu (genitive plural)
ēzeļmātei (dative singular)
ēzeļmātēm (dative plural)
ēzeļmāti (instrumental singular)
ēzeļmātēm (instrumental plural)
ēzeļmātē (locative singular)
ēzeļmātēs (locative plural)
ēzeļmāte (singular vocative)
ēzeļmātes (plural vocative)

From ēzeļa (“donkey[gen.]”) + māte (“mother”).

compound

ēzeļmātēm grūsnības periods ilgst 13 mēnešus

a female donkey's pregnancy lasts 13 months

female donkey (esp. one that has given birth)


kaķene

kaķene (nominative singular)
kaķenes (nominative plural)
kaķeni (accusative singular)
kaķenes (accusative plural)
kaķenes (genitive singular)
kaķeņu (genitive plural)
kaķenei (dative singular)
kaķenēm (dative plural)
kaķeni (instrumental singular)
kaķenēm (instrumental plural)
kaķenē (locative singular)
kaķenēs (locative plural)
kaķene (singular vocative)
kaķenes (plural vocative)

medīga kaķene


strazdiene

strazdiene (nominative singular)
strazdienes (nominative plural)
strazdieni (accusative singular)
strazdienes (accusative plural)
strazdienes (genitive singular)
strazdieņu (genitive plural)
strazdienei (dative singular)
strazdienēm (dative plural)
strazdieni (instrumental singular)
strazdienēm (instrumental plural)
strazdienē (locative singular)
strazdienēs (locative plural)
strazdiene (singular vocative)
strazdienes (plural vocative)

From strazds (“starling”) + -ene (“fem.”).

kā atšķirt strazdu no strazdienes

how to distinguish a male from a female starling

female starling, thrush (passerine bird species)


tīģeriene

tīģeriene (nominative singular)
tīģerienes (nominative plural)
tīģerieni (accusative singular)
tīģerienes (accusative plural)
tīģerienes (genitive singular)
tīģerieņu (genitive plural)
tīģerienei (dative singular)
tīģerienēm (dative plural)
tīģerieni (instrumental singular)
tīģerienēm (instrumental plural)
tīģerienē (locative singular)
tīģerienēs (locative plural)
tīģeriene (singular vocative)
tīģerienes (plural vocative)

tīģeriene ir tīģeru matīte

tīģeriene ir bīstama cilvēkiem


zvirbuliene

zvirbuliene (nominative singular)
zvirbulienes (nominative plural)
zvirbulieni (accusative singular)
zvirbulienes (accusative plural)
zvirbulienes (genitive singular)
zvirbulieņu (genitive plural)
zvirbulienei (dative singular)
zvirbulienēm (dative plural)
zvirbulieni (instrumental singular)
zvirbulienēm (instrumental plural)
zvirbulienē (locative singular)
zvirbulienēs (locative plural)
zvirbuliene (singular vocative)
zvirbulienes (plural vocative)

From zvirbulis (“sparrow”) + -ene (“fem.”).

zvirbuliene taču būtu varējusi teikt tai nabadzītei, lai iet uz mājām un liekas gultā

but the female sparrow could have said to this poor woman that she (should) go home and lie in bed