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kuņģis

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Latvian

 kuņģis on Latvian Wikipedia
Cilvēka kuņģis

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latvian dialectal from guņģis (belly) by dissimilation, from Proto-Indo-European *geng- (lump), from the stem *gen- (to squeeze, to make (something) round). See also Latvian dziedzeris (gland).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kūɲɟis]
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Noun

kuņģis m (2nd declension)

  1. (anatomy) stomach (extension of the digestive tract between the oesophagus and the small intestine)
    cilvēka kuņģishuman stomach
    kuņģa sienastomach wall
    kuņģa sulagastric juice
    kuņģa slimībastomach disease
    kuņģa čūla, jēlumsstomach ulcer

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kuņģis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN