kakti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian kakt (“to come to an end”), of uncertain further origin. Smoczynski, following Stang, derives the words from a Proto-Indo-European *kʷek-, comparing Proto-Slavic *čekati (“to wait, expect”) as the only adduced cognate.[1] This is favored by Derksen.[2] Note the root's similarity in form and meaning to Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”), though the relation between the two, if any, is unclear.

An older theory by Endzelins links the words to Bulgarian кача́ (kačá, “to hang, put, raise”);[3] however, the Bulgarian term is thought to be connected with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (hahan, “to hang”), which presents its own phonetic issues.

Pronunciation

Verb

kàkti (third-person present tense kañka, third-person past tense kãko)

  1. to go, travel
  2. to reach, get to
  3. to suffice, be enough

Declension

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Derived terms

prefixed forms of kàkti
  • apkàkti (“to go around, visit, meet, find”)
  • atkàkti (“to arrive”)
  • iškàkti (“to go out”)
  • pakàkti (“to suffice”)
  • parkàkti (“to return home”)
  • sukàkti (“to gather; (of time) to pass”)
  • užkàkti (“to arrive (somewhere)”)

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kàkti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 246-7
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) “*čekati”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 79
  3. ^ Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “kàkti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 206

Pipil

Etymology

Compare with Classical Nahuatl kaktli.

Noun

kakti (plural kajkakti)

  1. synonym of kak (sandal, footwear)

Further reading

  • Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
  • Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

kakti (Cyrillic spelling какти)

  1. (Kajkavian) as, like
    Synonym: kao
    I budi zdrav kakti lav,
    maj penez kakti knez,
    apetit kakti kit,
    piš me vrit pa smo kvit

Conjunction

kakti

  1. (Kajkavian) as, like
    Synonym: kao
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