taukai
Lithuanian
Etymology
- Plural of obsolete táukas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *touʔkós, from Proto-Indo-European *touHk-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.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t̪ɐʊ̯ˑˈkɐɪ̯ˑ]
Noun
taukaĩ m pl stress pattern 3 [2]
Declension
declension of taukai
| singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (vardininkas) | - | taukaĩ |
| genitive (kilmininkas) | - | taukų̃ |
| dative (naudininkas) | - | taukáms |
| accusative (galininkas) | - | táukus |
| instrumental (įnagininkas) | - | taukaĩs |
| locative (vietininkas) | - | taukuosè |
| vocative (šauksmininkas) | - | taukaĩ |
Hypernyms
- riebalai m pl
Related terms
- (verb) tukti
- (participle) nutukęs
Idioms
- gyventi kaip inkstas taukuose
References
- Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 500. →ISBN
- “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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