taurit

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Sudovian

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Etymology

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Plausibly cognate with Lithuanian tar̃ti, dialectal tarýti (to pronounce, say), Old Prussian tārin (voice), but this is unclear since the diphthongization is unexplained.[1][2]

Verb

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taurit

  1. to say, tell, talk

References

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  1. ^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 80:taurit ‘sakyti, tarti, l. mówić’ 35.
  2. ^ tar̃ti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “Nar. taurit ‘sprechen’ ist nicht klar”.