[ˈkʊrʲtʲɪ]
KilmėFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *kēr-, *ker-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥- (“to do, make, build”), probably via an extension *kʷr̥H- in order to account for the acute tone in the Baltic forms. Cognates include Latvian kur̃t (“to light, kindle”) and Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti, “to injure, do, make”).
The appurtenance of the "kindle, light" meanings to the root *kʷr̥- is uncertain. It is traditionally accepted and explained as originating from expressions such as ùgnį kùrti (“to light a fire”); however, it could very well come from a different root, usually reconstructed as Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“heat, fire; to burn”). In this case, compare Lithuanian kárštas (“hot”), Russian кури́ть (kurítʹ, “to smoke”), Latin carbō m (“charcoal”), and Old Norse hyrr m (“fire”).
- transitiveto kindle, light
“kurti ugnį” — to kindle a fire
“krosnį kurti” — to light the stove
“užkurti variklį” — to start the engine
- transitiveto build
“namus, mokyklą kurti” — to build houses, a school
- transitiveto establish, set up
“organizaciją, valstybę kurti” — to establish an organization, a state
- transitiveto create, make
“eilėraščius, romanus kurti” — to create poems, novels
- intransitiveto run
“Vaikai į mišką iškūrė.” — The children ran into the forest.
Formoskùrti(canonical) · kùria(present, third-person) · kū́rė(past, third-person) · kuriù(error-unrecognized-form) · kuri̇̀(error-unrecognized-form, second-person) · kùria(error-unrecognized-form) · kùriame(error-unrecognized-form) · kùriam(error-unrecognized-form) · kùriate(error-unrecognized-form, plural, second-person) · kùriat(error-unrecognized-form, plural, second-person) · kùria(error-unrecognized-form, plural, third-person) · kūraũ(error-unrecognized-form) · kūrai̇̃(error-unrecognized-form, second-person) · kū́ro(error-unrecognized-form) · kū́rome(error-unrecognized-form) · kū́rom(error-unrecognized-form) · kū́rote(error-unrecognized-form, plural, second-person) · kū́rot(error-unrecognized-form, plural, second-person) · kū́ro(error-unrecognized-form, plural, third-person) · kùrdavau(error-unrecognized-form)