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

taukai̇̃ m pl stress pattern 3 ^[2]

(plural only) grease, fat dažti
kiaũlės taukai̇̃^[2] - lard

lydyti taukai^[2] - melted grease

dažýti táukus^[2] - to spread grease

Declension

Declension of **taukai̇̃** (plural-only)
nominative	taukai̇̃
genitive	taukų̃
dative	taukáms
accusative	táukus
instrumental	taukai̇̃s
locative	taukuosè
vocative	taukai̇̃

Hypernyms

riebalai m pl

Related terms

(verb) tukti

(participle) nutukęs

Idioms

gyventi kaip inkstas taukuose

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 500. →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 “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