sukti

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *sewk- (“turn, spin”); compare Latvian sukt, Proto-Slavic *sъkati (Russian скать (skatʹ, “twist, turn”), Czech skati), and see the Proto-Slavic for more.^[1] Also related are Latvian sàucêt, Proto-Slavic *sučiti. Beyond Balto-Slavic, hesitant connections have been made with Tocharian A ṣkārā, Tocharian B aṣkār (“at the back”),^[2] Ossetian хуы́рх (x°ýrx, “whey”), Latin sucula (“winch”).^[3]

• IPA^(key): /sʊk.tʲɪ/

sùkti (third-person present tense sùka, third-person past tense sùko)

1. turn (change direction of movement)

   Sukti į kaĩrę draũdžiama. ― No left turn. (literally, “Turning left is forbidden.”)

2. cause to turn, rotate, revolve

   Tekė́damas vanduõ suka turbìnų mentès. ― The water turns the turbine blades as it flows.

3. circle, twirl, whirl (move in a circular motion)

   Virš galvõs tỹliai ratù sùko šikšnósparniai. ― Bats twirled around above my head.

4. weave, spin

   Paũkštis sùka lìzdą ― The bird is making a nest.

• (reflexive): suktis