Meaning of kalpone | Babel Free

Definitions

1. servant, maid (a (female) domestic worker)
   declension-5, feminine, masculine
2. locative singular of kalpone
   feminine, form-of, locative, singular
3. farmhand (a (female) paid worker in a farm)
   declension-5, feminine, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“turēt kalponi”

to have (lit. hold) a maid

“kalpone istabu uzkopšanai”

a maid, servant for cleaning the room

“piepildītos sapnis par vasarnīcu Rīgas jūrmalā: katru rītu un vakaru kalpone klātu galdu lielā, gaišā, stiklotā verandā”

I would fulfil (my) dream of having a summer cottage at the beach in Riga: every morning and every night, a maid, servant would lay the table in a big, bright, glass-covered veranda

“strādāt par kalponi pie lielsaimnieka”

to work as a farmhand for a large landowner

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