rengti
Pronunciation: /ˈrʲɛ̌ŋ.kʲtʲɪ/
“rengti” is a Lithuanian word. Its 5 meanings in English:
verb
Etymology
Related to rangýti (“to roll up, twist”); the semantic development would be something like "to bend and roll things up" > "to arm oneself". The LIV derives the term from *wréngʰ-e-ti, a thematic root present of the root *wrengʰ-, which is also possibly the source of rangýti. However, on the basis of the aforementioned semantic difficulties, the linguist Tijmen Pronk suggests that the term may…
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