Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *kank-, *kenk- (to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst), see also Sanskrit काङ्क्षति (kāṅkṣati, he wishes, desires).[1]

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Verb edit

keñkti (third-person present tense keñkia, third-person past tense keñkė) [2]

  1. (intransitive) to do harm
    keñkti sveikãtai - to affect health

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References edit

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 565, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 565
  2. ^ “kenkti” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  • “kenkti” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN