tukls

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Latvian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Derived from tukt (to swell, to become thick, fat), a dialectal variant of tūkt (to swell) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian tuklùs (quickly fattened; fat, stout; overweight).[1]

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tukls (definite tuklais, comparative tuklāks, superlative vistuklākais, adverb tukli)

  1. (of people, animals, body parts) fat, chubby, plump, corpulent (having a relatively thick layer of fat)
    tukls cilvēksfat, corpulent person
    tukli vaigi, pirkstifat cheecks, fingers
    tukls sivēnsfat piglet
    pa laukiem skraidīja tuklās lauku pelesthrough the fields ran fat field mice

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References[edit]

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