sekunde
Latvian
Etymology
From Medieval Latin secunda, short for secunda pars minuta (“second diminished part (of the hour)”).
Noun
šis indika- tors mirgo reizi sekundē
sekunde f (5th declension)
- second (SI unit of time, 1/60 of a minute)
- minūtei ir sešdesmit sekundes ― a minute has sixty seconds
- tas ilga dažas sekundes ― that lasted a few seconds
- šis indikators mirgo reizi sekundē ― this light flashes once per second
- second of arc (unit of angular measurement, 1/60 of a minute of arc)
- šī leņķa lielums ir viena sekunde ― the size of this angle is one second (of arc)
Declension
Declension of sekunde (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sekunde | sekundes |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sekundi | sekundes |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sekundes | sekunžu |
| dative (datīvs) | sekundei | sekundēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sekundi | sekundēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sekundē | sekundēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sekunde | sekundes |
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
References
- Mugane, John M. (2015) The Story of Swahili (Africa in World History), Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, →ISBN, page 54: “The English-derived Swahili words for units of distance and time include futi (foot), inchi (inch), kilometa (kilometer), maili (mile), yadi (yard), and sekunde (second), all spelled according to their Bantu adaptations.”
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