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 > ). 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

  1. to chat, to chatter, to babble, to gossip (to talk about minor, unimportant topics)
    veci cilvēki daudz pļāpāold people often chatter
    bet man gribas tikai niekus pļāpātbut I feel like just chatting about unimportant things
    ārsts nemēdza pļāpāt par delikatām lietāmthe doctor tends not to chatter, gossip about sensitive issues

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • aizpļāpāt
  • izpļāpāt
  • nopļāpāt
  • papļāpāt
  • sapļāpāt

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), pļāpāt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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