ziemot

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Latvian

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Etymology

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From the same stem as ziema (winter), made into a second conjugation verb (ending -ot).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ziemot (intransitive, 2nd conjugation, present ziemoju, ziemo, ziemo, past ziemoju)

  1. to winter, to overwinter (to stay, to continue living somewhere during winter; to spend the winter somewhere)
    bites šogad labi ziemojuasšthe bees have wintered well this year
    zināmas apmēram 420 vietas, kur regulāri vai neregulāri ziemo pīles420 places are known where ducks regularly or irregularly winter
    gulbji neiet projām, gulbji paliek ziemotswans do not go away, swans stay for the winter (lit. stay to winter)
    ekspedicija ziemoja pola tuvumāthe expedition spent the winter near the pole
  2. (of plants) to winter, to overwinter (to keep the capacity to grow during winter)
    ziemojošas lauksaimniecības kultūrasoverwintering crops
    sīpoli labi ziemo, ja tiem līdz salam paspējušas izveidoties saknesonions winter well, if they had time to develop roots before (the time of) frosts

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “ziema”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN