tukls

Latvian

Etymology

Derived from tukt (“to swell, to become thick, fat”), a dialectal variant of tūkt (“to swell”) (q.v.). Cognates include Lithuanian tuklùs (“quickly fattened; fat, stout; overweight”).[1]

Adjective

tukls (definite tuklais, comparative tuklāks, superlative vistuklākais, adverb tukli)

  1. (of people, animals, body parts) fat, chubby, plump, corpulent (having a relatively thick layer of fat)
    tukls cilvēks ― fat, corpulent person
    tukli vaigi, pirksti ― fat cheecks, fingers
    tukls sivēns ― fat piglet
    pa laukiem skraidīja tuklās lauku peles ― through the fields ran fat field mice

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References

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