tulkot
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
A verbalized form of tulks (“translator, interpreter”) (q.v.), first attested in 18th-century sources.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tulkot (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present tulkoju, tulko, tulko, past tulkoju)
- to translate (to change, transfer text, sentences, words, etc. from one language into another)
- tulkot no oriģināla ― to translate from the original
- tulkot grāmatu latviski ― to translate a book (into) Latvian
- tulkot rakstu angļu valodā ― to translate an article into the English language
- tulkotā literatūra ― translated literature
- tulkojošā vārdnīca ― bilingual (lit. translating) dictionary
- to interpret, to explain, to understand (the meaning of something)
- tulkot zemtekstu ― to interpret, explain the subtext
- kā lai tādu pareģojumu tulko? ― how should one interpret such a prophecy?
Conjugation edit
conjugation of tulkot
Derived terms edit
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Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “tulks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN