Devanāgarī dhātu | Sk.-Eng. Transliteration | Latv.-Eng. Transliteration | Latvian | Common Meaning (other meanings notwithstanding) |
बुध | budh | budinaat | budināt | to wake |
अस्मि | asmi | esmu ("e" like "a" in "sad") | esmu | I am |
असि | asi | esi | esi | you are |
जीव् | jiiv | dziivot | dzīvot | to live |
इ | i (short "i" as in "kid") | iat ("ia" in "Ian") | iet | to go |
भू | bhuu | buut | būt | to be |
चिन्त् | chint | zinaat | zināt | Latv.: to know; Sk.: to think, reflect |
मुच्; मुक्त | much ("u" as 1st "u" in "suture"); mukta | mukt | mukt | Latv.: to flee; Sk.: to relinquish, to let loose; released, abandoned |
मृ | mr ("r" pronounced "ri" as in "rig") | mirt | mirt | to die |
भी | bhii | biitias ("ia" in "Ian") | bīties | to fear |
प्रच्, प्रश्न | prach, prashna (noun) | prasiit, prashnaat ("n" as in "sing") | prasīt, prašņāt | to ask, to inquire; Sk: question, query (n) |
Devanāgarī | Sk.-Eng. Transliteration | Latv.-Eng. Transliteration | Latvian | Common Meaning (other meanings notwithstanding) |
वाद | vaada | vaarts | vārds | Latv.: word; Sk.: speech, talk, utterance |
मधु | madhu | medus | medus | honey |
तातः | taatah | taite ("ai" as in air) | tēte | father |
योग | yoga | yuugs | jūgs | yoke |
अग्नि | agni | uguns | uguns | fire |
धूम | dhuuma | duumi | dūmi | smoke |
देव | deva | diavs ("ia" in "Ian") | dievs | god, deity |
पद | pada | peeda ("ee" like "a" in "sad") | pēda | step, footstep |
दिन | dina | diana ("ia" in "Ian") | diena | day |
लोक | loka | loks | loks | range, open space |
अक्षि | akshi | ats (plural: atsis) | acs (daudz.: acis) | eye |
अश्रु | ashru | asara | asara | tear (as in crying) |
वीर | viira | viirs, viiriatis ("ia" in "Ian") | vīrs, vīrietis | Latv.: husband, man; Sk.: man, hero |
ऐश्वर | aishvara | vara | vara | power (Sk. aishva: related to Shiiva; regal, divine) |
गो | go | govs | govs | cow |
गति | gati | gatve ("e" as in "end") | gatve | Latv.: avenue, walkway; Sk.: going, moving, gait |
वस्तु | vastu | vaists ("ai" as in air) | vēsts | Latv.: message, announcement; Sk.: subject-matter, contents |
विश्व | vishva | visi | visi | all |
रथ | ratha | rati | rati | wagon, cart |
वायु | vaayu | vaiysh ("ai" as in air) | vējš | wind |
उदक | udaka | uudens | ūdens | water |
मनस् | manas | mana ("n" as in "sing") | maņa | Latv.: sense, feeling, sensation; Sk.: mind, perception, sense; the faculty or instrument through which thoughts enter or by which objects of sense affect the soul |
स्वप्न | svapna | sapnis | sapnis | dream |
Devanāgarī | Sk.-Eng. Transliteration | Latv.-Eng. Transliteration | Latvian | Common Meaning (other meanings notwithstanding) |
ततः | tata | taatad | tātad | therefore |
कदा | kadaa | kad | kad | when |
तदा | tadaa | tad | tad | then |
यदि | yadi | ya | ja | if |
प्रति | prati | pretiim | pretīm | against |
अग्रे | agre | agri | agri | Latv.: early; Sk.: in the beginning, first |
स्व | sva | sav- | savs, savam, sev, etc. | one's own, e.g., mine, (for) myself, herself, himself, etc. (i.e., declinable) |
पार | paara | paari | pāri | over, across |
द्वि | dvi (short "i") | divi | divi | two |
त्रि | tri (short "i") | triis | trīs | three |
चतुर् | chatur | chetri | četri | four |
पञ्चन् | panchan | piatsi ("ia" as in "ian") | pieci | five |
षष् | shash | seshi | seši | six |
सप्तन् | saptan | septini ("n" as in "sing") | septiņi | seven |
अष्टन् | ashTan (palatal "T") | astoni ("n" as in "sing") | astoņi | eight |
दशन् | dashan | desmit | desmit | ten |
गुरु | guru | gruuta | grūta | pregnant |
सुमुख | sumukha | smuks | smuks | handsome |
Devanāgarī | Sk.-Eng. Transliteration | Latv.-Eng. Transliteration | Latvian | Common Meaning (other meanings notwithstanding) |
ऋत | rta ("r" pronounced "ri" as in "rig") | ritait ("ai" like "ai" in air) | ritēt | Latv.: to flow, course; Sk.: order or course of things |
आर्य | aarya | araays | arājs | Latv.: ploughman (but also respected head of family); Sk.: noble |
पतम, पत्र | patama, pattra | putns | putns | bird |
वह | vah | vest | vest | to bring |
चित्त | chitta | sirds | sirds | heart (Sk. also "mind") |
अनुलोम | anuloma | uz mata | uz mata | Literal and idiomatic similarity: Latv.: lit., on hair, i.e., correct; Sk.: with hair, or fur, i.e., in the proper manner |
Original final "-स्" | -s as ending for masculine-gendered words; changes to visarga in grammar | -s ending for masculine-gendered words | -s | Common ending for masculine-gender words |
क्श | ksha | karsh | karš | Latv.: war; Sk.: 1. destruction; 2. field |