tulkot

A verbalized form of tulks (“translator, interpreter”) (q.v.), first attested in 18th-century sources.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [tūlkuôt]

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tulkot (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present tulkoju, tulko, tulko, past tulkoju)

1. to translate (to change, transfer text, sentences, words, etc. from one language into another)

   tulkot no oriģināla ― to translate from the original

   tulkot grāmatu latviski ― to translate a book (into) Latvian

   tulkot rakstu angļu valodā ― to translate an article into the English language

   tulkotā literatūra ― translated literature

   tulkojošā vārdnīca ― bilingual (lit. translating) dictionary

2. to interpret, to explain, to understand (the meaning of something)

   tulkot zemtekstu ― to interpret, explain the subtext

   kā lai tādu pareģojumu tulko? ― how should one interpret such a prophecy?

prefixed verbs:

• iztulkot
• patulkot
• pārtulkot

other derived terms:

• tulkotājs, tulkotāja
• tulkojums

• tulkojums
• tulks