tačiau

Lithuanian

Etymology

From an earlier *tat-jau; by surface analysis, tadà (“then, at that time”) +‎ jaũ (“already”).[1] Likely cognate with Latvian taču (“but; yet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t̪ɐˈt͡ɕɛʊ̯ˑ]

Conjunction

tačiaũ

  1. but, yet
    Gražus daiktas, tačiau nieko vertas.
    A beautiful thing yet worth nothing.

Usage notes

Like its Latvian cognate, this is an adversative conjunction, indicating contrast, outcome opposite to expectations, etc.

Coordinate terms

References

  1. ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “tačiaũ”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 657
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