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тепати

//têpati//
Serbo-Croatianverb
Latinica: tepatione entry, two scripts

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to babble (of a baby)
  2. 2.
    to use baby talk, coo
  3. 3.
    to fight
    • па ће пређем Вардар воду, Вардар воду бьш голему, / ће се тепам с тија Турци, с тија Турци Арнаути.

      then I will cross the Vardar water, the Vardar water truly wide, / I will fight with those Turks, with those Turk Arnauts.

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *teti (“to beat”). Akin to те̏псти.

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