sukti

See also: sūkti

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *suk- (turn, spin); compare Latvian sukt, Proto-Slavic *sъkati (Russian скать (skatʹ, twist, turn), Czech skati). Also related are Latvian sàucêt, Proto-Slavic *sučiti. Beyond Balto-Slavic, hesitant connections have been made with Tocharian A ṣkārā, Tocharian B aṣkār (at the back),[1] Ossetian хуы́рх (x°ýrx, whey), Latin sucula (winch).[2]

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /sʊk.tʲɪ/

Verb

sùkti (third-person present tense sùka, third-person past tense sùko)

  1. turn (change direction of movement)
    Sukti į kaĩrę draũdžiama. - No left turn (lit. turning left is forbidden)
  2. cause to turn, rotate, revolve
    Tekė́damas vanduõ suka turbìnų mentès. - The water turns the turbine blades as it flows.
  3. circle, twirl, whirl (move in a circular motion)
    Virš galvõs tỹliai ratù sùko šikšnósparniai. - Bats twirled around above my head.
  4. weave, spin
    paũkštis sùka lìzdą - The bird is making a nest.

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. Albert J. van Windekens (1979) Le tokharien confronté avec les autres langues indoeuropéennes. Vol. I. La phonétique et le vocabulaire. Louvain, pages 455-456
  2. Jan Safarewicz (1961) Ze słownictwa bałto-słowiańskiego (Innowacje czasownikowe) [Notes on the Balto-Slavic Vocabulary (Verbal innovations)] in Slavia Antiqua, volume 8, pages 253-254
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