Par kursismiem mantāt un ramīt

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ON THE COURONISMS mantāt AND rāmīt

Summary

The article deals with some words which are rarely encountered in Courland sub-dialects or in Latvian lexicographical sources. They could be relicts of the Couronian language and they have paral­lels in the Lithuanian language. Cf. the Latvian dialect word mañtāt (apmantāt, nuomantāt, piemantāt, samantāt) ‘to practice magic for protection; to charm away’ and the Lithuanian dialect word mántauti, mántoti, mántavoti ‘to heal’; the Latvian dialect word rāmīt (apramīt, paramīt) ‘to bury; to dig’ and the Lithuanian – ramìnti ‘to console’, dial. ramė́ti ‘to calm down’.