pinti

pinti

1. first-person singular present subjunctive form of pintar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of pintar
3. third-person singular imperative form of pintar

pinti m

1. plural of pinto

pinti m

1. plural of pinto

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pinˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pnH-. Cognate with Latvian pīt, Polish piąć się (““to climb””) and Ancient Greek πένομαι (pénomai, “to toil”) (which apparently got generalized from some domestic work; compare Ancient Greek πᾶνος (pânos), πῆνος (pênos, “thread on the bobbin”) > Latin pānus), Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (“to spin”), possibly Old East Slavic понѧва (ponęva) / Russian поня́ва (ponjáva, “blanket”), Old Church Slavonic пукъ (pukŭ) > Russian пук (puk, “bunch, tuft”).

• (pìnti) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲɪnʲtʲɪ/
• (pintì) IPA^(key): [pʲɪnʲˈtʲɪ]

pìnti (third-person present tense pìna, third-person past tense pýnė) [1]

1. (transitive) to plait (chiefly UK), to braid (US)

   pìnti kasàs[1] - to make plaits

2. (transitive) to twine, to plait

   vainìką pìnti[1] - to plait a garland

3. (prefixed with į-, transitive) to put (into)

   į̃ pláukus gė̃lę įpìnti[1] - to put a flower into the hairs

4. (colloquial, transitive) to natter about

   Sunkù supràsti, ką̃ jìs teñ pìna.[1]

   It is difficult to understand what he is nattering about.

• (noun) pynė f

• megzti

pintì m (past passive)

1. masculine plural nominative form of pintas.

• Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 399
• “pinti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN