mėlyniauti

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Lithuanian

Mėlyniãvimas — Blueberry picking

Etymology

From mėlỹnė (blueberry) +‎ -áuti (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mė‧ly‧niau‧ti

Verb

mėlyniáuti (third-person present tense mėlyniáuja, third-person past tense mėlyniãvo)

  1. to pick blueberries, to gather blueberries
    Hypernym: uogáuti (to pick berries)
    • 2017 July 22, Selemonas Paltanavičius, “Selemonas Paltanavičius: ar sunku šiais laikais atrasti visai naują gyvūnų rūšį? [Selemonas Paltanavičius: Is It Difficult to Discover a Completely New Animal Species These Days?]”, in 15min.lt, retrieved 2024-08-26:
      Norėjau mėlyniauti, bet tik uodus pamaitinau ir nieko nepešiau. Atrodo, kad daugiau tikėtis ir neverta, nes viską nusinešė pavasario šalnos.
      I wanted to pick blueberries, but I only fed the mosquitoes and didn't get anything. It seems there’s no point in hoping for more, as the spring frosts took everything away.

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Further reading

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