turp

From Latin turpis.

turp m

1. shame

• kori
• marre

• turpëroj

From Proto-Turkic *turp.

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turp (definite accusative turpu, plural turplar)

1. radish

• turpu

From tur (“there”) +‎ -p.

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turp

1. used to indicate an unnamed place relatively far from the speaker as the target of motion; there, to there, thither, to that place

   doties turp ― to go there

   turp un atpakaļ ― there and back

   šurp un turp ― here and there, hither and thither, to and fro

   Dima zināja alpu pļavu, kur riesta laikā pulcējās brieži, un devās turp ― Dima knew an alpine meadow where deer gather during the rut, and he went there

   “man liekas, ka būs pērkons; skaties turp” viņš rādīja uz dienvidrietumiem, kur tumši mākoņi karājās pār apvārsni ― “it seems to me that there will be thunder; look there” he pointed to the southwest, where dark clouds were hanging over the horizon

   Oļiņš, dzirdēdams sievu pa kambari kliedzam, gāja turpu raudzīt, kas tur esot par nelaimi ― Oļiņš, hearing (his) wife cry, went three to see what misfortune had happened

• tur

• šeit, te (also without motion)
• šurp (only with motion)

• turpināt
• turpmāks, turpmāk

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طورپ (turp, “radish”), from Proto-Turkic *turp (“radish”). Analyzable as durmak + -ip, a suffix present in select words (see alp, çöp.)

Cognate with Kyrgyz турп (turp, “radish”), Azerbaijani turp (“radish”), Turkmen turp (“radish”), etc. Compare also Hungarian torma (“horseradish”), Persian ترب (torob, “radish”), Turkic borrowings.

turp (definite accusative turpu, plural turplar)

1. radish