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sukti

sukti

See also: sūkti

Lithuanian

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 **** 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.

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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