rinkti

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Lithuanian

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riñkti (Žanas Fransua Milė - „Varpų rinkėjos“ (1857))

Etymology

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Derived from the root seen in Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ (hand, arm) (whence modern Lithuanian rankà (hand, arm)).

Cognate with Latvian riñkt (to gather), Old Prussian senrīnka (collects, 3rd person singular present); outside of Baltic, compare perhaps Irish comrac (encounter; battle) and Welsh cyfrang (encounter; meeting).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈrʲɪŋk.tʲɪ]
  • Hyphenation: rink‧ti

Verb

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riñkti (third-person present tense reñka, third-person past tense riñko)

  1. (transitive) to gather, to collect
    riñkti aukàscollect donations
  2. (transitive) to pick
    Àš čià óbuolius renkù.
    I'm picking apples here.
  3. (transitive) to choose, to select
  4. (transitive) to elect
  5. (transitive) to dial
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Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ riñkti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–).
  2. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “rinkti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 383

Further reading

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  • rinkti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • rinkti”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
  • rinkti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024