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tepati

//têpati//
Serbo-Croatianverb

Definitions

  1. 1.
    to babble (of a baby)
  2. 2.
    to use baby talk, coo
  3. 3.
    to fight
    • 2005, Kulin Ban, Žali, Zare, da žalimo: pa će pređem Vardar vodu, Vardar vodu băš golemu, će se tepam s tija Turci, s tija Turci Arnauti. 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”) (Russian тепти́ (teptí), Czech tepati), Lithuanian tepti. Akin to tȅpsti.

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