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starp

Pronunciation: [staɾp]

“starp” is a Latvian word. Its 10 meanings in English:

preposition

  1. used to locate an object in the space defined by two others; between
  2. used to locate an object in a space defined by many others; among, amid
  3. used to locate an object in a space defined by many others pairwise; among, between
  4. used to correlate a time period within a larger time period defined by two events or points in time; between
  5. used to estimate a value or measurement within a certain interval; between
  6. used to indicate a comparison between two or more elements; between, among
  7. used to indicate a division between two or more goals; between
  8. used to indicate a certain level of secrecy; between, among
  9. used to indicate a mutual relationship; between, among
  10. used to indicate a boundary or transitional zone between events, states, situations; between

Etymology

From starpa (“interval, gap, area between”) (q.v.), probably originally a reduced form of its locative form starpā, or perhaps of its old (16th- and 17th-century) illative form starpan, or of its instrumental form starpu. Cognate to Lithuanian tarp.

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