kurti

kurti (plural kurtis)

1. Alternative form of kurta

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kurti

1. nominative plural masculine of kurts

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥- (“to do, make, build”), probably via an extension *kʷr̥H- in order to account for the acute tone in the Baltic forms. Cognates include Latvian kur̃t (“to light, kindle”) and Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti, “to injure, do, make”).

The appurtenance of the "kindle, light" meanings to the root *kʷr̥- is uncertain. It is traditionally accepted and explained as originating from expressions such as ùgnį kùrti (“to light a fire”); however, it could very well come from a different root, usually reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“heat, fire; to burn”). In this case, compare Lithuanian kárštas (“hot”), Russian кури́ть (kurítʹ, “to smoke”), Latin carbō m (“charcoal”), and Old Norse hyrr m (“fire”).

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kùrti (third-person present tense kùria, third-person past tense kū́rė)

1. (transitive) to kindle, light

   kurti ugnį - to kindle a fire

   krosnį kurti - to light the stove

2. (transitive) to build

   namus, mokyklą kurti - to build houses, a school

3. (transitive) to establish, set up

   organizaciją, valstybę kurti - to establish an organization, a state

4. (transitive) to create, make

   eilėraščius, romanus kurti - to create poems, novels

5. (intransitive) to run

   Vaikai į mišką iškūrė.

   The children ran into the forest.

• (to kindle): degti, uždegti
• (to build): rengti, statyti, taisyti
• (to establish): organizuoti, steigti
• (to run): pūsti

• (verb) kūrenti

• daryti, gaminti; bėgti