taip
Lithuanian
Etymology
From taĩ (“that”) + -aĩp (“adverbial suffix”). See -aĩp for more information.
The form taĩp was introduced into Standard Lithuanian from Lithuania Minor, instead of the Sulvalkian forms teĩp, tèp.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tɐjp]
Adverb
taĩp (not comparable)
- yes
- yes; sure, okay
- thus, like this
Synonyms
- (okay) gerai
Antonyms
- ne
Derived terms
- taip pat
Further reading
- “taip”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2023
- “taip”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
- Vytautas Ambrazas (2006), “3. Morphology § 6.8”, in Lithuanian Grammar, 2nd revised edition, →ISBN, page 381
- Zigmas Zinkevičius (1994), “Dėl lietuvių bendrinės kalbos kilmės”, in Baltistica, DOI:, page 147