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turp
turp
Latvian
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Adverb
turp
- used to indicate an unnamed place relatively far from the speaker as the target of motion; there, to there, thither, to that place
- doties turp ― to go there
- turp un atpakaļ ― there and back
- šurp un turp ― here and there, hither and thither, to and fro
- Dima zināja alpu pļavu, kur riesta laikā pulcējās brieži, un devās turp ― Dima knew an alpine meadow where deer gather during the rut, and he went there
- “man liekas, ka būs pērkons; skaties turp” viņš rādīja uz dienvidrietumiem, kur tumši mākoņi karājās pār apvārsni ― “it seems to me that there will be thunder; look there” he pointed to the southwest, where dark clouds were hanging over the horizon
- Oļiņš, dzirdēdams sievu pa kambari kliedzam, gāja turpu raudzīt, kas tur esot par nelaimi ― Oļiņš, hearing (his) wife cry, went three to see what misfortune had happened
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Turkish
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *turmā (“radish”), from an Iranian language. Compare Hungarian torma (“horseradish”), Persian ترب (torob, “radish”).
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turp