-uoti

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === Cognate with Latvian -uot. The suffix has also been compared to the similar -áuti, which is further related to Old Prussian -aut and Proto-Slavic *-ovati, but the plausibility of the "uo" sound change is debated. === Suffix === -úoti (third-person present tense -úoja, third-person past tense -ãvo) Forms verbs from other parts of speech, in the meaning of generally activity. ‎skaičius (“number”) + ‎-uoti → ‎skaičiuoti (“to count”) ‎vairas (“steer”) + ‎-uoti → ‎vairuoti (“to steer”) ==== Usage notes ==== In newer and/or foreign derivations, often corresponds to Polish -ować, or East Slavic -аваць (-avacʹ), -овать (-ovatʹ), -увати (-uvaty). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References ===