Latvian

Verb

sūkāt tr., 2nd conj., pres. sūkāju, sūkā, sūkā, past sūkāju

1. to suck (to keep in one's mouth and make it wet with saliva, e.g. when preparing to swallow it, or to suck it several times)

   Tils Rūmnieks negribīgi sūkāja stjuartes piedāvāto konfekti‎ ― Tils Rūmnieks reluctantly sucked the candy offered by the stewardess

   Uldis guļ gultā un sūkā pudelīti‎ ― Uldis (the baby) lies in bed and sucks the little bottle

2. to suck on, to suckle (to put in one's mouth and make suction, sucking motion)

   iebāž mutē mazu, sārtu pirkstu; sūkā to, bet pār apaļajiem vaigiem joprojām rit lielas, dzidras asaru lāses‎ ― (she) puts in (her) mouth the little pink finger; she sucks (on) it, while on (her) round cheeks clear, big tear drops (slowly) flowed

3. to suck several times

   Leksis bezrūpīgi sūkā papirosu‎ ― Leksis cheerfully sucks (his) cigarette

Conjugation

Synonyms

• (iterative): sūkstīt
• (sucking in general): sūkt
• (especially mother's milk): zīst

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “sūkt”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7