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burkāns

burkāns

See also: burkans

Latvian

Burkāni (2)

Noun

burkāns m (1st declension)

  1. carrot (a plant with a large edible root, often orange in colour, esp. Daucus carota)
    galda burkāns ― common (lit. table) carrot
    lopbarības burkāns ― forrage carrot
    burkānu vagacarrot furrow
    burkānu laukscarrot field
    ravēt burkānus ― to weed carrots
    burkānu kaitēkļicarrot pests
    no savvaļas burkāna krustojot izaudzēts lauku burkāns ― by crossing wild carrots the field carrot was grown
  2. carrot (the edible root of that plant, often orange in colour and used as a vegetable)
    dzert burkānu sulu ― to drink carrot juice
    burkānu salāticarrot salad
    tīrīt burkānus ― to clean carrots
    pagrabos glabā kartupeļus, burkānus, bietes un citas saknes ― in the cellars one stores potatoes, carrots, beets and other roots
    Tenis atkal piesarka kā burkāns ― Tenis again blushed like a carrot

Declension

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), burkāns”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7