laukti

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (to shine), and compared with Ancient Greek λεύσσω (leússō, to see, consider), Proto-Slavic *lučìti (to happen). However, the acute tone in the Lithuanian is unexpected and difficult to explain.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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láukti (third-person present tense láukia, third-person past tense láukė)

  1. to wait; to expect, to anticipate [with genitive]
  2. to hope [with genitive]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Participle

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laukti m pl

  1. nominative/vocative masculine plural of lauktas

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “laukti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 275