kovoti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Related to káuti (murder, beat, hew, (refl.) fight), kovà (struggle, fight).[1]

Verb

kovóti (third-person present tense kovója, third-person past tense kovójo)

  1. to fight
  2. to compete
  3. to strive (for, against)

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ kovà” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 597 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

Further reading

  • kovoti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • kovoti”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024