sauļot

Latvian

Etymology

A verbalized form of saule (“sun”) (q.v.).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sāūʎuôt]

Verb

sauļot (tr., 2nd conj., pres. sauļoju, sauļo, sauļo, past sauļoju)

  1. to expose (e.g., a body part) to sunrays and their effects
    jūrmalā viņi visu dienu sauļos savus ķermeņus, peldēsies ― by the sea they will spend the whole day exposing their bodies to the sun (and) swimming
    skolnieces apsēdušās uz kāpnēm un, acis aizvērušas, sauļo sejas ― the schoolgirls sat down on the stairs and, with their eyes closed, exposed their faces to the sun

Conjugation

Derived terms

prefixed verbs:
  • apsauļot
  • izsauļot
  • nosauļot
  • pasauļot
  • pārsauļot
other derived terms:

References

  1. Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “tulks”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
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