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-uoti
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Lithuanian
Etymology
Cognate with lv -ôt -uôt. The suffix has also been compared to the similar lt -áuti, which is further related to prg -aut and sla-pro *-ovati, but the plausibility of the "uo" sound change is debated.Lithuanian verbs in -auti and -uoti Frederik Kortlandt Linguistica Baltica 4 1995 141—143Miguel Villanueva Svensson The origins of the denominative type Lith. ‑áuti, ‑áuja, OCS ‑ovati, ‑ujǫ Baltistica 2014 251–264 49 2 10.15388/baltistica.49.2.2221
Suffix
-úoti -úoja -ãvo
Forms verbs from other parts of speech, in the meaning of generally activity.
lt skaičius number skaičiuoti to count
lt vairas steer vairuoti to steer
Usage notes
In newer and/or foreign derivations, often corresponds to pl -ować, or East Slavic be -аваць, ru -овать, uk -увати.
Conjugation
-uoj -av -uo
Derived terms
lt
References