taukai

Lithuanian

Etymology

Plural of obsolete táukas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *touʔkós, from Proto-Indo-European *towHk-o-,[1] likely from *tewk-. Cognate with Latvian tàuki and Old Prussian taukis;[1] further to Russian тук (tuk, “fat”), English thigh, and Old Irish tón (“rear end, buttocks”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t̪ɐʊ̯ˑˈkɐɪ̯ˑ]

Noun

taukai̇̃ m pl stress pattern 3 [2]

  1. (plural only) grease, fat dažti
    kiaũlės taukai̇̃[2] - lard
    lydyti taukai[2] - melted grease
    dažýti táukus[2] - to spread grease

Declension

Declension of taukai̇̃ (plural-only)
nominative taukai̇̃
genitive taukų̃
dative taukáms
accusative táukus
instrumental taukai̇̃s
locative taukuosè
vocative taukai̇̃

Hypernyms

  • (verb) tukti
  • (participle) nutukęs

Idioms

  • gyventi kaip inkstas taukuose

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008), Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden; Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 500
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 “taukai” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “taukai” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN
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