folklora

See also: folklorā

Latvian

Etymology

Borrowed from English folklore, itself a compound of folk and lore, imitating German terms like Volkslehre (“people's customs, ethnology”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [folkloːɾa]
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Noun

folklora f (4th declension)

  1. folklore (tales, legends and other oral tradition items of a given population or ethnic group)
    folkloras teicējs ― folk storyteller (lit. folklore sayer)
    vākt folkloras materiālus ― to collect folklore materials
    folkloras krātuves ― folklore repository
    folkloras tulkojumi ― folklore translations
    tautas gara mantām, folklorai Gorkijs palika uzticīgs visu mūžu ― Gorky remained all his life faithful to the peoples spiritual riches, to (their) folklore
    jau ilgi pirms nošu rakstības pastāvēja ļoti daudzveidīga mūzikas folklora ― long before music notation there already was very diverse musical folklore

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