/ˈpʲɪnʲtʲɪ/, [pʲɪnʲˈtʲɪ]
OriginFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *pínˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-. Cognate with Latvian pīt, Polish piąć się (“to climb”) and Ancient Greek πένομαι (pénomai, “to toil”) (which apparently got generalized from some domestic work; compare Ancient Greek πήνη (pḗnē, “thread on the bobbin”) > Latin pānus), Proto-Germanic *spinnaną (“to spin”), possibly Old East Slavic понѧва (ponęva) / Russian поня́ва (ponjáva, “blanket”), Old Church Slavonic поукъ (pukŭ) > Russian пук (puk, “bunch, tuft”).
- transitiveto plait, to braid
“pi̇̀nti kasàs” — to make plaits
- transitiveto twine, to plait
“vaini̇̀ką pi̇̀nti” — to plait a garland
- transitiveto put (into)
“į̇̃ pláukus gė̃lę įpi̇̀nti” — to put a flower into the hair
- colloquial, transitiveto natter about
“Sunkù supràsti, ką̃ ji̇̀s teñ pi̇̀na.” — It is difficult to understand what he is nattering about.
- form-of, masculine, nominative, participle, passivenominative masculine plural of pintas
Formspi̇̀nti(canonical) · pi̇̀na(present, third-person) · pýnė(past, third-person) · pinu(error-unrecognized-form) · pini(error-unrecognized-form, second-person) · pina(error-unrecognized-form) · piname(error-unrecognized-form) · pinam(error-unrecognized-form) · pinate(error-unrecognized-form, plural, second-person) · pinat(error-unrecognized-form, plural, second-person) · pina(error-unrecognized-form, plural, third-person) · pyniau(error-unrecognized-form) · pynei(error-unrecognized-form, second-person) · pynė(error-unrecognized-form) · pynėme(error-unrecognized-form) · pynėm(error-unrecognized-form) · pynėte(error-unrecognized-form, plural, second-person) · pynėt(error-unrecognized-form, plural, second-person) · pynė(error-unrecognized-form, plural, third-person) · pindavau(error-unrecognized-form)
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