ziemot
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Latvian
Etymology
From the same stem as ziema (“winter”), made into a second conjugation verb (ending -ot).[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
ziemot (intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present ziemoju, ziemo, ziemo, past ziemoju)
- to winter, to overwinter (to stay, to continue living somewhere during winter; to spend the winter somewhere)
- bites šogad labi ziemojuasš ― the bees have wintered well this year
- zināmas apmēram 420 vietas, kur regulāri vai neregulāri ziemo pīles ― 420 places are known where ducks regularly or irregularly winter
- gulbji neiet projām, gulbji paliek ziemot ― swans do not go away, swans stay for the winter (lit. stay to winter)
- ekspedicija ziemoja pola tuvumā ― the expedition spent the winter near the pole
- (of plants) to winter, to overwinter (to keep the capacity to grow during winter)
- ziemojošas lauksaimniecības kultūras ― overwintering crops
- sīpoli labi ziemo, ja tiem līdz salam paspējušas izveidoties saknes ― onions winter well, if they had time to develop roots before (the time of) frosts
Conjugation
conjugation of ziemot
Related terms
References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ziema”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN