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

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɐktʲɪ/

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

Conjugation of kakti
singular vienaskaita plural daugiskaita
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
aš tu jis/ji mes jūs jie/jos
indicative
tiesioginė
nuosaka
 present
esamasis laikas
 kankù kanki̇̀ kañka kañkame,
kañkam 		kañkate,
kañkat 		kañka
past
būtasis kartinis
laikas
 kakaũ kakai̇̃ kãko kãkome,
kãkom 		kãkote,
kãkot 		kãko
past frequentative
būtasis dažninis
laikas
 kàkdavau kàkdavai kàkdavo kàkdavome,
kàkdavom 		kàkdavote,
kàkdavot 		kàkdavo
future
būsimasis laikas
 kàksiu kàksi kàks kàksime,
kàksim 		kàksite,
kàksit 		kàks
subjunctive
tariamoji nuosaka
 kàkčiau kàktum,
kàktumei 		kàktų kàktumėme,
kàktumėm,
kàktume 		kàktumėte,
kàktumėt 		kàktų
imperative
liepiamoji nuosaka
 — kàk,
kàki 		tekañka,
tekañkie 		kàkime,
kàkim 		kàkite,
kàkit 		tekañka,
tekañkie
Participles of kakti
adjectival (dalyviai)
active passive
present kañkąs, kañkantis kañkamas
past kãkęs kàktas
past frequentative kàkdavęs —
future kàksiąs, kàksiantis kàksimas
participle of necessity — kàktinas
adverbial
special pusdalyvis kàkdamas
half-participle
padalyviai
 present kañkant
past kãkus
past frequentative kàkdavus
future kàksiant
manner of action būdinys kàkte, kàktinai

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 [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, 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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