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Latvian
Etymology
From kur(t) (“to light, to ignite”) + -ināt.
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Verb
kurināt
- second-person plural present indicative of kurināt
kurināt (transitive, 3rd conjugation, present kurinu, kurini, kurina, past kurināju)
- to light, to ignite (to make something start burning or producing heat)
- kurināt krāsni, plīti ― to light an oven, a stove
- kurināt uguni ― to light the fire
- vai mēs tur kurināsim sārtu, tāpat kā kaimiņi? ― will we light a bonfire there, just like the neighbors?
- to heat (to burn fuel in a stove in order to create heat in a certain room, building, etc.)
- kurināt pirti ― to heat the bath, sauna
- visu ziemu mēs kurinām bērza malku ― all winter we burn birch wood (for heating)
- (figuratively) to encourage, to incite
- kurināt naidu, karu ― to encourage hatred, war
- mākslīgi cariskais režims kurināja ienaidu tautu starpā, lai tās nevērstos pret pašiem apspiedējiem ― the Czarist regime artificially incited (lit. lit, ignited) hatred between peoples, so that they would not turn against their oppressors
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