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English
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Latvian
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| 1. chicken |
vista |
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| 2. hen |
vista |
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| 3. -fowl, -hen |
-vista |
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Variations:
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Usage:
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> Declined forms: vistu, vistai, vistas, etc.
> Diminutive + declined: vistina, vistinas, vistinam
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direct -
a) female of chicken or a similar bird;
b) chicken meat;
a chicken dish
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"Vista" is not used to denote attractive girls. |
indirect -
'a clumsy, embarrassed/-ing tart', 'frumpy woman'
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Not used in expressions for "hen party";
not used for 'female of octopus'.
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scientific -
encountered in the names of specific bird species: guinea fowl, moorhen, etc.
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