tupėti

Lithuanian

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Trubachev's connection to tàpti (“to become”) is semantically farfetched. Smoczynski tentatively derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push, stick”), comparing to Ancient Greek τύπτω (túptō, “to beat, strike”) and Latin stupeō (“to be stunned, dazed”). The semantic shifts in this case, while still non-trivial, are not as large a stretch, especially considering the Latin cognate's meaning. Has also been compared to Proto-Germanic *þeubaz (“thief”), from a Proto-Indo-European *tewp- (“to get down”), which appears to be generally considered separate from *(s)tewp-.

Verb

tupė́ti (third-person present tense tùpi, third-person past tense tupė́jo)

1. to perch
2. (of birds, animals, etc.) to sit

Declension

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