kurti

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English

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Noun

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kurti (plural kurtis)

  1. Alternative form of kurta

Anagrams

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Latvian

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Participle

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kurti

  1. nominative plural masculine of kurts

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥- (to do, make, build), probably via an extension *kʷr̥H- in order to account for the acute tone in the Baltic forms.[1][2] Cognates include Latvian kur̃t (to light, kindle)[2] and Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti, to injure, do,[2] make[2]).

The appurtenance of the "kindle, light" meanings to the root *kʷr̥- is uncertain. It is traditionally accepted and explained as originating from expressions such as ùgnį kùrti (to light a fire); however, it could very well come from a different root, usually reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (heat, fire; to burn).[1] In this case, compare Lithuanian kárštas (hot),[3] Russian кури́ть (kurítʹ, to smoke),[2] Latin carbō m (charcoal),[2] and Old Norse hyrr m (fire).[2]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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kùrti (third-person present tense kùria, third-person past tense kū́rė) [4]

  1. (transitive) to kindle, light
    kurti ugnį[4] - to kindle a fire
    krosnį kurti[4] - to light the stove
  2. (transitive) to build
    namus, mokyklą kurti[4] - to build houses, a school
  3. (transitive) to establish, set up
    organizaciją, valstybę kurti[4] - to establish an organization, a state
  4. (transitive) to create, make
    eilėraščius, romanus kurti[4] - to create poems, novels
  5. (intransitive) to run
    Vaikai į mišką kūrė.[4]
    The children ran into the forest.

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 266-7
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 257. →ISBN
  3. ^ kurti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 “kurti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.