taurit

Sudovian

Etymology

Plausibly cognate with Lithuanian tar̃ti, dialectal tarýti (“to pronounce, say”), Old Prussian tārin (“voice”), but this is unclear since the diphthongization is unexplained.^[1]^[2]

Verb

taurit

to say, tell, talk
- “Pagan dialects from Narew” line 35, (copied by V. Zinov, 1983):
  mówić — taurit
  mówić — say, tell, talk

References

^ Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 80: “taurit ‘sakyti, tarti, l. mówić’ 35.”
^ “tar̃ti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “Nar. taurit ‘sprechen’ ist nicht klar”.

[1] Zigmas Zinkevičius (1985) “Lenkų-jotvingių žodynėlis? [A Polish-Yotvingian dictionary?]”, in Baltistica, volume 21, number 1 (in Lithuanian), Vilnius: VU, →DOI, page 80: “taurit ‘sakyti, tarti, l. mówić’ 35.”

[2] “tar̃ti” in Hock et al., Altlitauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch 2.0 (online, 2020–): “Nar. taurit ‘sprechen’ ist nicht klar”.

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