tauta

== Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑu̯tɑ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝u̯t̪ɑ̝] Rhymes: -ɑutɑ Syllabification(key): tau‧ta Hyphenation(key): tau‧ta === Noun === tauta partitive singular of tau === Anagrams === -uttaa, autat == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʰøyːta/ Rhymes: -øyːta === Verb === tauta (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative tautaði, supine tautað) to mutter ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== taut (“muttering, mumbling”) == Latgalian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tautāˀ. Cognates include Latvian tauta and Lithuanian tauta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtàu̯ta] Hyphenation: tau‧ta === Noun === tauta f people, nation ==== Declension ==== === References === M. Bukšs; J. Placinskis (1973), Latgaļu volūdas gramatika un pareizraksteibas vōrdneica, Latgaļu izdevnīceiba, page 407 == Latvian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *tawtā-, from Proto-Indo-European *towtā, an o-grade form of *tewtā-, *tewtéh₂ (“throng, multitude; people; land”), from the stem *tew- (“to swell”). This word had several meanings in its history, often still found in folk tales: “(group of) foreigners,” “strangers,” “enemy tribe,” etc. (Compare Proto-Slavic *ťȗďь). In the 17th century, ļaudis, not tauta, was used in the sense of “people, nation.” In translations of German texts, (non-native) translators often used tauta to mean also “tribe,” “nation,” “(social) group” (compare German Geschlecht, Gattung), even “(animal or vegetal) species.” In the 19th century, the range of uses was narrowed, especially in the 1850s and 1860s with the first Latvian National Awakening, where the word tauta became associated with the idea of “nation” and was first used to refer to the Latvian people. It then stabilized with its current (political-ethnographic) meaning. Cognates include Lithuanian tautà, Sudovian taud (from *tauta), Old Prussian tauto (“land”), Proto-Germanic *þeudō (Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰 (þiuda), Old English þeod, Old High German diot, German deutsch, from *þiudiskaz), Old Irish túath (“people, tribe”), Oscan touto (“country, citizens, community”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tàwta] === Noun === tauta f (4th declension) people, nation (historically formed group of people, usually having a common culture, language, and territory) latviešu tauta ― the Latvian people, nation lietuviešu tauta ― the Lithuanian people, nation vācu tauta ― the German people, nation tautas izcelšanās ― the origin, ethnogenesis of a nation tautas vēsture ― people's, national history tautu draudzība ― friendship among nations kultūras tauta ― cultured, cultivated nation tautas gars ― national spirit (= cultural, spiritual, psychological specificity) (in the genitive, used adjectivally) people's, popular, folk, national (that which is typical or traditional of a nation) tautas daiļrade ― folk, national creation, art tautas māksla ― folk, popular art tautas teikas ― folk legends tautas daiļamatniecība ― folk craft tautas mūzika, dejas ― folk music, dances tautas dziesma ― folk song, verse tautas ticējumi ― folk beliefs tautas ēdieni ― popular, ethnic food tautas tērps ― folk, ethnic costume tautas eposs ― folk epic tautas medicīna, ārstniecība ― folk medicine people (group of inhabitants of a given area) Latvijas tauta ― the people of Latvia tautas skaitīšana ― census (lit. people counting) (in the genitive, used adjectivally) popular, people's (that which was made by, is typical of, the people of a certain area; that which defends their interests) tautas izglītības sistēma ― popular education system tautas fronte ― popular front people (a large number of individuals; people in general) mašīnā tagad tautas ir vairāk, visiem sēdvietu nepietiek ― there are more people in the car now, there won't be enough sitting space for all viņš gaida, kad sanāks vairāk tautas ― he waited for (the time) when more people would come tauta runā, ka tu institūtā tikpat kā neesot redzēts ― people are saying that it's as if you haven't been seen at the institute (= that you haven't been there often enough) (colloquial) people (a group of individuals with some specific characteristic feature) zvejnieki ir trūcīga tauta ― fishermen are a poor people mēs, mākslinieki, esam nelaimīga tauta ― we, the artists, are an unhappy people bērniem, bērniem vajag rakstīt! tā ir vispateicīgākā tauta ― the children, the children must write! they are (lit. that is) the most promising, gratifying people kaķi vispār ir tāda tauta, no kuras nezini, ko kurā brīdī sagaidīsi ― cats in general are such a people, from which you don't know what and when to expect (in folklore; usually plural) people from another region, family group, village tautu meita ― (lit. daughter of the people) young woman from another region or family group tautu dēls ― (lit. son of the people) young man from another region or family group ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== nācija tautība ==== Derived terms ==== starptautisks, starptautiskums tautība tautietis, tautiete tautisks, tautiskums === References === == Lithuanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *t(j)autāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. === Noun === tautà f (plural taũtos) stress pattern 4 people, folk, nation ==== Declension ==== === References === “tauta”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012 == Old Norse == === Etymology === Among a class of words with similar beginnings such as þjóta (“to make a whistling sound”), þys (“din, disturbance”), all related to Proto-Germanic *þeutaną (“to roar, howl”). === Verb === tauta to mutter, murmur ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: tauta === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “tauta”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive Pokorny, Julius (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1097