tulkot

Latvian

Etymology

A verbalized form of tulks (“translator, interpreter”) (q.v.), first attested in 18th-century sources.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tūlkuôt]

Verb

tulkot (tr., 2nd conj., pres. tulkoju, tulko, tulko, past tulkoju)

  1. to translate (to change, transfer text, sentences, words, etc. from one language into another)
    tulkot no oriģināla ― to translate from the original
    tulkot grāmatu latviski ― to translate a book (into) Latvian
    tulkot rakstu angļu valodā ― to translate an article into the English language
    tulkotā literatūra ― translated literature
    tulkojošā vārdnīca ― bilingual (lit. translating) dictionary
  2. to interpret, to explain, to understand (the meaning of something)
    tulkot zemtekstu ― to interpret, explain the subtext
    kā lai tādu pareģojumu tulko? ― how should one interpret such a prophecy?

Conjugation

Derived terms

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References

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