tiesiog

Lithuanian

Etymology

Adverbial formation from tiẽsti (“to straighten, stretch”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tʲjɛˈsʲoɡ]

Adverb

tiesióg

  1. straight, right (with directions)
    tiesiog pirmyn
    straight ahead
  2. really, simply
    Aš tiesiog nežinau, ką daryti.
    I just don't know what to do.
    Aš tiesiog dėkingas.
    I'm really grateful.
  3. (a) real (with nouns)
    Ji tiesiog kalė.
    She's a real bitch

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “tiẽsti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 675
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