gulti

• golti, gult, golt

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gulti

1. (India, offensive, ethnic slur) a Telugu

Cognate with Latvian gul̃t (“go to bed”). Related to guolis (“lair, den”) (see there for more cognates). Derksen connects this etymon with dialectal gvaldýti (“cram, pack”), gvãlis (“lair, den”), which means the -u- must go back to Proto-Indo-European *-u̯-. The root may therefore be Proto-Indo-European *gwel-, *gul-.^[1]

In view of this reconstruction, we may have to reject connections with Tocharian A klā-, klāw- Tocharian B klāy- (“fall, collapse”), Sanskrit ग्लाति (glāti) ग्लायति (glāyáti, “be exhausted, weary”), which assume a zero-grade *gʷl̥-.^[2]

An alternative view is that of Robinson, who, in view of lėgti ("weaken, cease", also "lay down"), suggests a connection by metathesis with Proto-Slavic *legti (“to lie”), from *legʰ-.^[3] Compare kepti : Proto-Slavic *pekti (“to bake”).

gul̃ti (third-person present tense gùla, third-person past tense gùlė)

1. (intransitive, with į̃ + accusative) lie, lie down (assume a lying position to rest)
2. (intransitive) fall ill, sick
3. (intransitive, about grass, crops) wilt, droop
4. (intransitive) settle, rest

   dùlkės gùla añt stãlo. - dust settles on the table.

5. (intransitive, with į̃ + accusative) infest, infect