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peldēt

Pronunciation: [ˈpɛ̂ldɛ̂ːt]

“peldēt” is a Latvian word. Its 9 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to swim (to move in water by floating and moving one's limbs)
  2. to float; to sail (to move in water)
  3. to float, to hover (to be in a state of equilibrium in a liquid or in a gas)
  4. to float (to be completely covered by a liquid)
  5. to float, to hover (to move slowly in the sky)
  6. to hover, to fly or move slowly in the sky
  7. to move around, as if swimming
  8. to be, to be located (e.g., in the fog, in smoke, in the darkness, as if floating)
  9. to keep changing volume unexpectedly, due to a defect in the recording equipment

Etymology

From Proto-Baltic *peld-, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to pour, to flow; to swim”) with an extra -d. The meaning, originally “to flow,” evolved into “to be in a (water) stream” and then “to swim.” Cognates include Lithuanian dialectal peldė́ti, Ancient Greek πλάδος (pládos, “moisture”), πλαδαρός (pladarós, “humid, watery, soft”), πλαδάω (pladáō, “to be watery, soft”).

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