taip

Lithuanian

Etymology

From taĩ (“that”) +‎ -aĩp (“adverbial suffix”). See -aĩp for more information.

The form taĩp was introduced into Standard Lithuanian from Lithuania Minor, instead of the Sulvalkian forms teĩp, tèp.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɐjp]

Adverb

taĩp (not comparable)

  1. yes
  2. yes; sure, okay
  3. thus, like this

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Further reading
  • “taip”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • “taip”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • Vytautas Ambrazas (2006) “3. Morphology § 6.8”, in Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, page 381
  1. Zigmas Zinkevičius (1994) “Dėl lietuvių bendrinės kalbos kilmės”, in Baltistica, →DOI, page 147
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