kakti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian kakt (“to come to an end”), of uncertain further origin. Smoczynski, following Stang, derives the words from a Proto-Indo-European *kʷek-, comparing Proto-Slavic *čekati (“to wait, expect”) as the only adduced cognate. This is favored by Derksen. Note the root's similarity in form and meaning to Proto-Indo-European *kʷeḱ- (“to see, look”), though the relation between the two, if any, is unclear.

An older theory by Endzelins links the words to Bulgarian кача́ (kačá, “to hang, put, raise”); however, the Bulgarian term is thought to be connected with Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (hahan, “to hang”), which presents its own phonetic issues.

Verb

kàkti (third-person present tense kañka, third-person past tense kãko)

1. to go, travel
2. to reach, get to
3. to suffice, be enough

Declension

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Derived terms

prefixed forms of kàkti

• apkàkti (“to go around, visit, meet, find”)
• atkàkti (“to arrive”)
• iškàkti (“to go out”)
• pakàkti (“to suffice”)
• parkàkti (“to return home”)
• sukàkti (“to gather; (of time) to pass”)
• užkàkti (“to arrive (somewhere)”)

Pipil

Etymology

Compare with Classical Nahuatl kaktli.

Noun

kakti (plural kajkakti)

1. Synonym of kak (sandal, footwear)

Further reading

• Campbell, L. (1985). The Pipil Language of El Salvador. Mouton De Gruyter.
• Lara-Martínez, R., McCallister, R. Glosario cultural náwat pipil y nicarao.

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

kakti (Cyrillic spelling какти)

1. (Kajkavian) as, like

   Synonym: kao

   I budi zdrav kakti lav,

   maj penez kakti knez,

   apetit kakti kit,

   piš me vrit pa smo kvit

Conjunction

kakti

1. (Kajkavian) as, like

   Synonym: kao