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Kikuyu
Pronunciation
Verb
giria (infinitive kũgiria)
- to prevent
Gũthiĩ gũtigiragia mũndũ acoke- To go does not prevent a person from returning.
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References
- ^ Barra, G. (1960). 1,000 Kikuyu proverbs: with translations and English equivalents, p. 13.
- ^ Njũrũri, Ngũmbũ (1969). Gĩkũyũ Proverbs, p. 25.
- Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 361. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
Lithuanian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *garā́ˀ,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-.[1] Cognates include Sanskrit गिरि (girí-, “mountain, hill”),[1] Bulgarian гора́ (gorá, “woods”)[1] and Polish góra (“mountain”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
girià f (plural gìrios) stress pattern 2[2]
- primeval forest
- žalia giria - a green forest
- girios paukštis[2] - a wild bird
- (obsolete) wilderness
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Verb
gìria
- third-person singular present of girti
- third-person plural present of girti
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 177-178.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “giria” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.