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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Baltic *laikītei, from Proto-Indo-European *loykʷ-éye-ti, ultimately from the causative form of Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (to leave). See also lìkti.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɫaɪˈkʲiːtʲɪ/

Verb

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laikýti (third-person present tense laĩko, third-person past tense laĩkė)[2]

  1. (transitive) to hold, to keep[3]
  2. (transitive) to store

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Participle

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laikyti m

  1. nominative masculine plural of laikýtas

References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “laikyti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 269
  2. ^ Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. ^ Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN