Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: lip‧ti

Noun edit

lipti

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

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lipti.

Anagrams edit

Lithuanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Latvian lipt (to climb). Same origin as 'stick' meaning.

Verb edit

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 edit

References edit