taukai

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === Plural of obsolete táukas, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *touʔkós, from Proto-Indo-European *towHk-o-, likely from *tewk-. Cognate with Latvian tàuki and Old Prussian taukis; further to Russian тук (tuk, “fat”), English thigh, and Old Irish tón (“rear end, buttocks”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [t̪ɐʊ̯ˑˈkɐɪ̯ˑ] === Noun === taukai̇̃ m pl stress pattern 3 (plural only) grease, fat dažti kiaũlės taukai̇̃ - lard lydyti taukai - melted grease dažýti táukus - to spread grease ==== Declension ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== riebalai m pl ==== Related terms ==== (verb) tukti (participle) nutukęs ==== Idioms ==== gyventi kaip inkstas taukuose === References === “taukai” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN