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tapt

  1. (obsolete) simple past and past participle of tap

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  • Rhymes: -ɑpt

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tapt

  1. inflection of tappen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *taptéi, cognate with Lithuanian tàpti.[1] The present stem tòpu comes from an earlier Proto-Baltic *tampuoˀ (whence also Lithuanian tampù). Further origin is disputed: see Balto-Slavic etymology.

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tapt (intransitive, 1st conjugation, present topu, topi, top, past tapu)

  1. (usually 3rd person, especially of something new) to be made, to be formed, to be invented, to be discovered
    top jaunas ārstniecības vielasnew pharmaceuticals have been invented
    top jauna gleznaa new painting has been made
    teatrī top izrādea (new) show has been set up at the theater
    dzīvokļi top pēc individuāliem projektiemapartments are made according to individual projects
    dokos top gan tankkuģi, gan zemessmēlēji, gan pasažieru un kravas kuģiat the docks tankers, dredgers, and also passenger and cargo ships are made
    tapa melodija, viena no daudzajām... vai gan klausitāji spēja saprast, cik daudz aiz katras frāzes smagu domu un pārdzīvojumu?a new melody was made, one of many... can the listeners ever understand how much serious thought and experience there is behind every sentence?
  2. (usually 3rd person) to appear, to come to be, to come into existence, into being, to be formed (to begin existing, to be gradually formed)
    topošs mākslinieksan artist in formation
    top un veidojas jaunas tradīcijasnew traditions appear and take form
    jaunais top cīņā ar vecothe new comes into being in the fight against the old
    kolektīvais jutīgums top tad, kad mēs godinām to, ko veikuši citicollective sensibility begins to exist when he honor that which others have done
    lai taptu jauna suga, nepieciešama kādas populācijas izolācija dažu desmittūkstošu paaudžu laikāso that a new species appears, the isolation of a certain population is necessary for a period of development of several tens of thousands of generations
  3. to become, to turn into, to grow into, to learn how to be (to transform into something different; to acquire new features, properties, knowledge)
    tapt prātīgamto become sober, reasonable
    viņš tapa uzmanīgshe became attentive
    mākslas zinātne top dziļākaart science has become deeper
    mēs esam paaudze, kas netop vecawe are the generation that does not grow old
    mātes vēlēšanās bija, lai studēju teoloģiju, topu par mācītāju(my) mother's desire was that I should study theology, that I should become a pastor
    katra uguns, ja tai nepiemet jaunas pagales, top par pelniemevery fire, if it does not get new logs, becomes ashes
    viņš sapņoja par laikiem, kad cilvēki visā plašajā pasaulē taps brāļihe dreamed of the times when people all over the world will become brothers
  4. (only 3rd person, used impersonally) to become, to get
    laukā tapa pilnīgi gaišsoutside it became light
    uz ielas atkal tapa klusson the street it became silent again
    un Rūdim top žēl mātes un gribas uz mājāmand Rūdis took pity (lit. to him it became pitiful) on his mother and wanted (to go) home
  5. (with the past participle of other verbs) auxiliary verb used to form the passive voice; to be, to get
    visi tapa aicināti pie galdaall (people) were invited to the table
    Mežkungs tagad paziņoja, ka otrā pusē mežam topot rakts grāvisMežkungs now announced that a ditch was being dug on the other side of the forest
    katru rītu mēs sastopamies pie pilsētas vārtiem, un mums top atvērtsevery morning we found ourselves at the city gate, and it was opened to us

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References edit

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

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Verb edit

tapt

  1. past participle of tape (etymology 2)

Tübatulabal edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tap-ta.

Noun edit

tapt

  1. sinew

References edit

  • Voegelin, C. F. (July 1958), “Working dictionary of Tübatulabal”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 24, issue 3, →JSTOR, pages 221–228