Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

Perhaps from an n-infixed formation of sùkti (to turn), though the details are unclear.[1]

An older theory by Pokorny derives the word from a supposed Proto-Indo-European *sʷenk-, *sunk-; see also Old High German swangar (pregnant).[2]

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

sunkùs m (feminine sunkì, neuter sunkù) [3]

  1. heavy[4]
  2. hard, difficult[4]
    sunku kvėpuoti - it is difficult to breathe

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See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “sunkus”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 614
  2. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) chapter 1048, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1048
  3. ^ “sunkus” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  4. 4.0 4.1 “sunkus” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN