tačiau

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From an earlier *tat-jau; by surface analysis, tadà (then, at that time) +‎ jaũ (already). Likely cognate with Latvian taču (but; yet).

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

tačiaũ

  1. but, yet
    Gražus daiktas, tačiau nieko vertas.
    A beautiful thing yet worth nothing.

Usage notes

Like its Latvian cognate, this is an adversative conjunction, indicating contrast, outcome opposite to expectations, etc.

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References

  1. ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “tačiaũ”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 657