melot

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See also: melót

Finnish

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Verb

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melot

  1. second-person singular present indicative of meloa

Anagrams

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From the same stema as meli (lie(s)), made into a second conjugation verb (ending -ot).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [mæɫuô̯t]
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Verb

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melot (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present meloju, melo, melo, past meloju)

  1. to lie, to tell lies (to say something that is not true knowingly, intentionally)
    apzināti melotto lie deliberately
    kurš tad šodien tev meloja?who, then, lied to you like that?
    neviens cits neprata melot tik plaši un tik sirsnīginobody else knows how to lie so well and so sincerely
    viņi melo, ka valsts aizstāv visas tautas interesesthey lie that the state protects the interests of all people

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “melot”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN