truputis

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From the same root as trupė́ti (to crumble).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

trupùtis m (plural trupùčiai) stress pattern 2 or
trùputis m (plural trùpučiai) stress pattern 1

  1. a little bit, crumb
    truputį suprantu lietuviškaiI understand a little Lithuanian

Declension

trupùtis (2):

trùputis (1):


References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “trupėti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 473

Further reading

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