lipti

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lip‧ti

Noun

lipti

1. the trout sweetlips (Plectorhinchus pictus)
2. the painted sweetlips (Diagramma pictum)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lipti.

Anagrams

• pilit

Lithuanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *lip-, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to stick”). Cognate with Latvian lipt (“to stick”), Proto-Slavic *lьnǫti (“to stick”).

Verb

lìpti (third-person present tense lim̃pa, third-person past tense lìpo)

1. to stick, adhere to

   Synonyms: kibti, klijuotis

   • 1919, Antanas Petrika, Atmosfera arba oro gazai ir jų ypatybės‎^[1], →OCLC:

     musų apatiniai drabužiai limpa prie odos

     our underwear sticks to the skin

2. (figuratively) to cling to, be attracted to
   • 1902, Jonas Biliūnas, “Klebonas”, in Ūkininkas, number 8:

     Prie lietuviškos duonos visi kaip musės prie medaus limpa!

     Everyone clings to Lithuanian bread like flies to honey.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lipti

		singular (vienaskaita)				plural (daugiskaita)
		1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)		1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)
		aš	tu	jis/ji		mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative (tiesioginė nuosaka)	present (esamasis laikas)	limpù	limpì	lim̃pa		lim̃pame, lim̃pam	lim̃pate, lim̃pat	lim̃pa
	past (būtasis kartinis laikas)	lipaũ	lipaĩ	lìpo		lìpome, lìpom	lìpote, lìpot	lìpo
	past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas)	lìpdavau	lìpdavai	lìpdavo		lìpdavome, lìpdavom	lìpdavote, lìpdavot	lìpdavo
	future (būsimasis laikas)	lìpsiu	lìpsi	lìps		lìpsime, lìpsim	lìpsite, lìpsit	lìps
subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka)		lìpčiau	lìptum, lìptumei	lìptų		lìptumėme, lìptumėm, lìptume	lìptumėte, lìptumėt	lìptų
imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka)		—	lìpk, lìpki	telim̃pa, telim̃pie		lìpkime, lìpkim	lìpkite, lìpkit	telim̃pa, telim̃pie

Participles of lipti

Adjectival (dalyviai)
		active	passive
present		lim̃pąs, lim̃pantis	lim̃pamas
past		lìpęs	lìptas
past frequentative		lìpdavęs	—
future		lìpsiąs, lìpsiantis	lìpsimas
participle of necessity		—	lìptinas
Adverbial
special (pusdalyvis)		lìpdamas
half-participle (padalyviai)	present	lim̃pant
	past	lìpus
	past frequentative	lìpdavus
	future	lìpsiant
manner of action (būdinys)		lìpte, lìptinai

Etymology 2

From the same origin as Etymology 1. Compare Latvian lipt (“to climb”).

Verb

lìpti (third-person present tense lìpa, third-person past tense lìpo)

1. to climb

   Synonym: kopti

   • 1906, Jonas Biliūnas, “Piestupys”, in Lietuvos ūkininkas, number 20:

     Atsargiai perėjova upelį ir pradėjova lipti ant kalno.

     They carefully crossed the stream and started to climb the hill.

Conjugation

Conjugation of lipti

		singular (vienaskaita)				plural (daugiskaita)
		1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)		1st person (pirmasis asmuo)	2nd person (antrasis asmuo)	3rd person (trečiasis asmuo)
		aš	tu	jis/ji		mes	jūs	jie/jos
indicative (tiesioginė nuosaka)	present (esamasis laikas)	lipù	lipì	lìpa		lìpame, lìpam	lìpate, lìpat	lìpa
	past (būtasis kartinis laikas)	lipaũ	lipaĩ	lìpo		lìpome, lìpom	lìpote, lìpot	lìpo
	past frequentative (būtasis dažninis laikas)	lìpdavau	lìpdavai	lìpdavo		lìpdavome, lìpdavom	lìpdavote, lìpdavot	lìpdavo
	future (būsimasis laikas)	lìpsiu	lìpsi	lìps		lìpsime, lìpsim	lìpsite, lìpsit	lìps
subjunctive (tariamoji nuosaka)		lìpčiau	lìptum, lìptumei	lìptų		lìptumėme, lìptumėm, lìptume	lìptumėte, lìptumėt	lìptų
imperative (liepiamoji nuosaka)		—	lìpk, lìpki	telìpa, telìpie		lìpkime, lìpkim	lìpkite, lìpkit	telìpa, telìpie

Participles of lipti

Adjectival (dalyviai)
		active	passive
present		lìpąs, lìpantis	lìpamas
past		lìpęs	lìptas
past frequentative		lìpdavęs	—
future		lìpsiąs, lìpsiantis	lìpsimas
participle of necessity		—	lìptinas
Adverbial
special (pusdalyvis)		lìpdamas
half-participle (padalyviai)	present	lìpant
	past	lìpus
	past frequentative	lìpdavus
	future	lìpsiant
manner of action (būdinys)		lìpte, lìptinai

Further reading

• “lipti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024