pļāpāt
Latvian
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-European *bel-, *pel-, *bla-, *pla-, an onomatopoeic stem that imitates human speech. Apparently, this stem was reduplicated in pļāpāt and underwent expressive palatalization (pl > pļ). Cognates include Lithuanian plõpti, pliõpti, pliopóti, German plappern.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]pļāpāt (transitive or intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present pļāpāju, pļāpā, pļāpā, past pļāpāju)
- to chat, to chatter, to babble, to gossip (to talk about minor, unimportant topics)
- veci cilvēki daudz pļāpā ― old people often chatter
- bet man gribas tikai niekus pļāpāt ― but I feel like just chatting about unimportant things
- ārsts nemēdza pļāpāt par delikatām lietām ― the doctor tends not to chatter, gossip about sensitive issues
Conjugation
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Derived terms
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Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “pļāpāt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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- Latvian etymologies from LEV
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- Latvian second conjugation verbs
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- lv:Talking