OriginFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *kráuˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *krewH-. Cognate with Lithuanian kráuti, Proto-Slavic *krỳti (“to cover”) (whence Russian крыть (krytʹ), Polish kryć, Czech krýt), Old English hrēodan (“to cover”), Ancient Greek κρύπτω (krúptō, “I hide, I conceal”).
- transitiveto pile, to stack, to load
Formsconjugation(first-person) · krauju(present) · krauj(present) · krāvu(past) · es(first-person, indicative, singular) · krauju(first-person, indicative, present, singular) · krāvu(first-person, indicative, past, singular) · kraušu(first-person, future, indicative, singular) · -(first-person, imperative, singular) · tu(indicative, second-person, singular) · krauj(indicative, present, second-person, singular) · krāvi(indicative, past, second-person, singular) · krausi(future, indicative, second-person, singular) · krauj(imperative, second-person, singular) · viņš(indicative, singular, third-person) · viņa(indicative, singular, third-person) · krauj(indicative, present, singular, third-person) · krāva(indicative, past, singular, third-person) · kraus(future, indicative, singular, third-person) · lai krauj(imperative, singular, third-person)