aukla

From the same source as the verb aut “to put on (shoes):” Proto-Baltic *autlā- (with tl > kl), from Proto-Indo-European *ow- “to tie, to bind” with an extra nominalizing suffix *-tlo, used to derive names of tools or weapons relating to the action described by the original stem (i.e., the original meaning of aukla was probably “thing for binding, tying (with)”). Cognates include Lithuanian aũklas “(primitive) shoe laces,” “(primitive) shoes,” aũklė “(primitive) shoe laces,” “rope,” “sock without soles,” Old Prussian auclo ([auklo]) “bridle without bit.”[1]

• IPA^(key): [àwkla]

aukla f (4th declension)

1. string, cord, line, lace (long, usually thin, braiding of vegetable or plastic filaments, used for tying or binding)

   tieva, resna aukla ― thin, thick string, cord

   linu aukla ― flax string

   papīra aukla ― paper string

   kaprona aukla ― nylon string, cord

   kaņepāju aukla ― hemp rope

   pātagas aukla ― whip rope

   kurpju auklas ― shoelaces

   makšķeres aukla ― fishing line

   pārsiet saini ar auklu ― to tie a bundle with a string, rope

   vīt auklu ― to make (lit. twist, wreathe) a string

   sasiet kurpju auklas ― to tie the shoelaces

   es turu ciet maisu un tveru pēc auklas, ar ko aizsiet ― I keep the bag closed and reach for the strings to close it

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• aut