Kāndab

Livonian Etymology lv Kandava could be of Livonian origin, compare liv kand stump but since its ending lv -ava is Baltic, the stem could be of Baltic origin as well, compare a Lithuanian place name lt Kandžiai, prg Candeyn, a place name in Illyria la Candāvia, grc Κανδαουία. In Indo-European linguistics this stem has also been interpreted as meaning "light" (V. Tomašek.)Dzintra Hirša, Lībieši un lībiešu izcelsmes vietvārdi Latvijā in Kersti Boiko's Lībieši – rakstu krājums, page 212 Pronunciation Proper noun liv proper noun liv town r/Courland c/Latvia Kandava Kāndab – Kandava – Kandava Kandava – Kandava – Kandava Usage notes 1 gives type 156 for this word. This type in singular is identical to type 157 but has vowel shift in plural, since Kāndab is an uncountable proper noun such plural vowel shift is unknowable and perhaps this is an error, thus type 157 is indicated in this entry. Declension 157 sg References