ubagot

From the same source as ubags (“beggar”), made into a 2nd-declension verb (ending -ot). First mentioned in 19th-century sources; previously, the expression iet ubagos (lit. “to go in the beggars”) was used instead.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ubaɡuôt]

ubagot (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present ubagoju, ubago, ubago, past ubagoju)

1. to beg (to earn one's living by begging for alms)

   ubagot naudu ― to beg for money

   iet ubagot ― to go beg

   mājās viņš nāca, kad kules bija pilnas... no jauna devās atkal ubagot, kad viss bija noēsts ― he came home when his (begging) bags were full... (then) again he went back to beg, when everything had been eaten

2. (figuratively) to beg (to ask desperately for something, as a beggar would)

   Elitas slimība prasīja un vēl prasīs daudz naudas... tagad viņai, Maijai, atkal būs jāubago avanss ― Elita's disease demanded and will demand a lot of money... now she, Maija, had to beg (for) an advance

   ubagot mīlestību, draudzību ― to beg for love, for friendship

   ubagot pēc nepelnītas atzinības es neiešu! ― I won't go begging for unearned recognition!

   par daudz, par daudz mēs dzīvē ubagojam / pēc laimes un pēc lētās slavas ― too much, too much (= too often) in life we beg / for happiness and cheap glory