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pastala

pastala

See also: pastalā

Latvian

Pastalas
Pastalas

Noun

pastala f (4th declension)

  1. (usually in the plural) simple, primitive shoes made of one piece of leather without seams and with straps or laces on top
    dziļās pastalas‎ ― deep pastalas
    Sīmanis apsēdās grāvmālē atpūsties, savilka ciešāk atslābušās pastalu auklas‎ ― Sīmanis sat down by the ditch to rest (and) tightened his loose pastala laces

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References

  1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “pastala”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Etymology

This word, already mentioned in 14th-century texts, is traditionally considered a borrowing from Russian посто́лы ‎(postóly) (dialectal), itself apparently a borrowing from Turkish postal ‎(“shoe”), from post ‎(“skin, leather”). More recently, it has been suggested that it may be derived from the stem of stāt ‎(“to stop, to stand”); cf. Lithuanian pastõlas, pastõlis ‎(“base, support”). If this is true, the original meaning of pastala would have been “that which is located under (something else).” Some Old Prussian place names (Pastoline, Pastelina) appear to contain a cognate of this word.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pastala]

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