stulms

stulms

1. plural of stulm

From Proto-Baltic *stulm-, from Proto-Indo-European *stl̥m, from the zero grade form of *stel- (“to put in standing position; to stand; standing, immobile, stiff”) with an extra element -m. Cognates include Swedish stolm (“stubble”).[1]

• IPA^(key): [stûlms]

stulms m (1st declension)

1. top of a boot, the part that covers the shin up to the knees; boot leg

   stulmu zābaki ― boots that have (boot)legs

   sabāzt bikšu galus stulmos ― stuff the ends of one's pants into one's boot legs

• zābaks