pļāpāt
Latvian
Alternative forms
- (dialectal froms) pļēpēt, pļāpot
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *bel-, *pel-, *bla-, *pla-, an onomatopoeic stem that imitates human speech. Apparently, this stem was reduplicated in pļāpāt and underwent expressive palatalization (pl > pļ). Cognates include Lithuanian plõpti, pliõpti, pliopóti, German plappern.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pʎāːpât]
Verb
pļāpāt tr. or intr., 2nd conj., pres. pļāpāju, pļāpā, pļāpā, past pļāpāju
- to chat, to chatter, to babble, to gossip (to talk about minor, unimportant topics)
- veci cilvēki daudz pļāpā ― old people often chatter
- bet man gribas tikai niekus pļāpāt ― but I feel like just chatting about unimportant things
- ārsts nemēdza pļāpāt par delikatām lietām ― the doctor tends not to chatter, gossip about sensitive issues
Conjugation
conjugation of pļāpāt
Derived terms
- prefixed verbs:
- aizpļāpāt
- izpļāpāt
- nopļāpāt
- papļāpāt
- sapļāpāt
References
- Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “pļāpāt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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