kramtyti

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From *kramt-, the o-grade of the root underlying krim̃sti (to bite, crunch).[1][2] Cognate with Latvian kram̃tît (to gnaw), kràmstît (to nibble; to seize), kramsts (someone who snaps their teeth at something), kramsît (to break with the teeth, crumble).

Pronunciation

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Verb

kramtýti (third-person present tense kram̃to, third-person past tense kram̃tė)

  1. (transitive) to chew

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “krim̃sti”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, pages 315-6
  2. ^ kramtýti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–); p. 597 in ALEW 1.1 (online, 2019).

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