ņemt

Latvian

verb
Definitions
  • to take to seize with one's hands for some purpose
  • to take to accept, to enjoy
  • to take to cause someone to act in a certain way, to do a certain job, also, to hire someone, to put someone to work
  • to take to put someone in a certain situation, condition
  • to take to call for duty
  • to take to marry
  • (in combination with m) to take along to cause something, someone to go or be somewhere together with oneself
  • to take, to get to obtain something for a certain purpose, use, to learn, to hear about something
  • to take to get, to obtain, to acquire, to borrow, to buy
  • to take to gather fruits, grains, the harvest
  • to take to remove a part of, to work on, to make by remove
  • to take to shoot, to kill someone, to “take out
  • (in combination with a verb) ; to up and...
  • to take, to consider, to treat, to accept (something as something)
  • of animals, especially fish to take, to get and eat; to bite
  • (colloquial) to cut
  • (often with m) to take away to cause someone to lose something
  • (dated sense) to take a path, road, direction, to set off in some direction

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-, *em-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₁em-, *em-

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