kaplēt
Appearance
Latvian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the same source as kaplis, made into a 2nd-conjugation verb (ending -ēt).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]kaplēt (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present kaplēju, kaplē, kaplē, past kaplēju)
- to hoe (to work (on earth) with a hoe)
- kaplēt zemi, augsni, dobes ― to hoe the earth, the soil, (plant) beds
- kaplēt kartupeļu lauku ― to hoe a potato field
- zēni kaplēja vagu starpas, ka smiltis vien pa gaisu griezās ― the boys hoed between the furrows, so that sand turned in the air
- to weed with a hoe
- kaplēt nezāles ― to weed (lit. to hoe weeds)
- kaplēt bietes, kartupeļus ― to weed the beets, the potatoes
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of kaplēt
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “kaplis”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN