tupėti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Trubachev's connection to tàpti (“to become”) is semantically farfetched.[1] Smoczynski tentatively derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push, stick”), comparing to Ancient Greek τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, strike”) and Latin stupeō (“to be stunned, dazed”). The semantic shifts in this case, while still non-trivial, are not as large a stretch, especially considering the Latin cognate's meaning.[2] Has also been compared to Proto-Germanic *þeubaz (“thief”), from a Proto-Indo-European *tewp- (“to get down”), which appears to be generally considered separate from *(s)tewp-.[3]

Pronunciation

Verb

tupė́ti (third-person present tense tùpi, third-person past tense tupė́jo)

  1. to perch
  2. (of birds, animals, etc.) to sit

Declension

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References

  1. ^ “tupėti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  2. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tupė́ti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 695
  3. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*þeuba-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 539
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