zaviti
//zǎʋiti//
Serbo-Croatianverb
Definitions
- 1.to wrap
zaviti u crno
(1) to make (someone/oneself) unhappy by getting someone killed; (2) to get (someone/oneself) into trouble
- 2.to screw in (a screw, valve, etc.)
- 3.to wrap oneself
- 4.to howl (of a wolf, bear, etc.)
- 5.to start to wail (of the wind)
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *zavìti. Compare Russian зави́ть (zavítʹ), Czech zavít. By surface analysis, za- + vȉti. First attested in the 14th century.