papuve

See also: papuvē

Latvian

Etymology

From pa- (“a little”) +‎ puve (“rotting”), with puve from the past stem puv- of the verb pūt (“to rot”).[1]

Noun

papuve f (5th declension)

  1. fallow, fallow land (land left unseeded for a year)
    atstāt zemi papuvē ― to leave land fallow
    papuvju aršana ― ploughing of the fallow lands
    papuves kultūras ― fallow crops
    tīrā papuve ― fallow where no crops grow (lit. clean fallow)
    melnā papuve ― fallow which is kept with fertilizer and where weeds are systematically destroyed (lit. black fallow)

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References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “pūt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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