Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *spewd- (to press, hurry). Cognate with Ancient Greek σπεύδω (speúdō, to press on, hasten).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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spáusti (third-person present tense spáudžia, third-person past tense spáudė)

  1. to press
  2. to squeeze
  3. to click (a button, etc.)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “spausti”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 419