kurti

kurti (plural kurtis)

1. Alternative form of kurta

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kurti

1. nominative plural masculine of kurts

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥- (“to do, make, build”), probably via an extension *kʷr̥H- in order to account for the acute tone in the Baltic forms.[1][2] Cognates include Latvian kur̃t (“to light, kindle”)[2] and Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti, “to injure, do,[2] make[2]”).

The appurtenance of the "kindle, light" meanings to the root *kʷr̥- is uncertain. It is traditionally accepted and explained as originating from expressions such as ùgnį kùrti (“to light a fire”); however, it could very well come from a different root, usually reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“heat, fire; to burn”).[1] In this case, compare Russian кури́ть (kurítʹ, “to smoke”),[2] Latin carbō m (“charcoal”),[2] and Old Norse hyrr m (“fire”).[2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʊrʲtʲɪ]

kùrti (third-person present tense kùria, third-person past tense kū́rė) [3]

1. (transitive) to kindle, light

   kurti ugnį[3] - to kindle a fire

   krosnį kurti[3] - to light the stove

2. (transitive) to build

   namus, mokyklą kurti[3] - to build houses, a school

3. (transitive) to establish, set up

   organizaciją, valstybę kurti[3] - to establish an organization, a state

4. (transitive) to create, make

   eilėraščius, romanus kurti[3] - to create poems, novels

5. (intransitive) to run

   Vaikai į mišką iškūrė.[3]

   The children ran into the forest.

• (to kindle): degti, uždegti
• (to build): rengti, statyti, taisyti
• (to establish): organizuoti, steigti
• (to run): pūsti

• (verb) kūrenti

• daryti, gaminti; bėgti

• “kurti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012