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likti

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Cebuano

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From litiki. By metathesis.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: lik‧ti

Verb

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likti

  1. imperative of litik

Anagrams

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *leykʷ- (to leave).[1]

See also Ancient Greek λείπω (leípō, leave), Proto-Germanic *līhwaną (lend), Latin linquō (leave), Sanskrit रेचति (recati, abandon, leave, divide). Related to laĩkas (time), laikýti (keep, hold). Cognate with Latvian likt, lìeku (lay, put), Old Prussian polāikt (stay).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /lʲɪk.tʲɪ/

Verb

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lìkti (third-person present tense liẽka, third-person past tense lìko)

  1. (intransitive) stay, remain, be left (in the same place or condition)
    Tėvaĩ išvažiãvo, õ às víenas likaũ namuosè. - My parents have gone away, and I've been left home alone.
    Svarbiáusia lìko nepasakyta. - The most important thing was left unsaid.
  2. (intransitive) remain unusued, be left
    Ar̃ dár lìko píeno? - Is there any milk left?
  3. (intransitive, with nominative case) end up, turn out; become
    patẽko į̃ autoį́vykį, kuriõ lìko paralyžiúota. - She was left paralyzed after getting into a car accident.
  4. (intransitive) fall behind, be left behind
  5. (intransitive) be required, fated (to do something)
    Jám nebeliẽka niẽko kìto, kaĩp išeĩti ìš dárbo - There's nothing left for him to do (=he can do), except leave work.

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “likti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 287