krimsti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From a series of onomatopoeic words which trace to a Proto-Baltic *krimt-.[1] Cognate with Latvian krimst (“to bite, separate”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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krim̃sti (third-person present tense krem̃ta, third-person past tense krim̃to)[2]

  1. (transitive) to bite hard, to crunch, to chomp
  2. to disturb, bother, annoy

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “krim̃sti”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 315-6
  2. ^ “krimsti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
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