valtis
Pronunciation: [¹ˈʋɑˑlʲtʲɪs]
“valtis” is a Lithuanian word. Its 5 meanings in English:
noun
Etymology
Compare Latvian valte (“(type of) boat”), which according to Endzelīns is from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind”), whence also vélti (“to roll; to full (cloth)”) and Latvian velt (“to roll”). Smoczynski explains the word as originally meaning "an object made by nailing (boards together)", invoking vélti's secondary meaning of "to beat cloth". Possibly the same word as etymology 3…
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