tautiete

Latvian

noun
Definitions
  • a (female) compatriot, a countrywoman a woman with the same ethnicity or nationality as the speaker
  • (in folk texts) a young woman from another region or from another family or group of families

Etymology

Suffix from Latvian tauta (nation, people, folk), tautietis (countryman).

Origin

Latvian

tautietis

Gloss

countryman

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