kiemas
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== Lithuanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Alongside Latvian ciems (“village”), a possible Germanic borrowing ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos, from *ḱey- (“to settle”); compare Old Norse heimr (“home, world”). Related to šeima (“family”), kaimas (“village”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [²ˈkʲiɛmɐs]
Rhymes: -iɛmɐs
Syllabification: kiẽ‧mas
=== Noun ===
kiẽmas m (plural kiemai̇̃) stress pattern 4
yard, courtyard, forecourt (open area outside or in between buildings)
Nušlúok kiẽmą. ― Sweep out the courtyard.
farmstead, estate
(dialectal) village
==== Declension ====
==== Synonyms ====
(courtyard): aikštė
(farmstead): ūkis
(village): kaimas, sodžius
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
kaimas
šeima
==== See also ====
dvaras
=== References ===