tačiau

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From an earlier *tat-jau; by surface analysis, tadà (then, at that time) +‎ jaũ (already).[1] Likely cognate with Latvian taču (but; yet).

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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tačiaũ

  1. but, yet
    Gražus daiktas, tačiau nieko vertas.
    A beautiful thing yet worth nothing.

Usage notes

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Like its Latvian cognate, this is an adversative conjunction, indicating contrast, outcome opposite to expectations, etc.

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References

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  1. ^ Wojciech Smoczyński (2018) “tačiaũ”, in Lithuanian Etymological Dictionary, Berlin, Germany: Peter Lang, →DOI, →ISBN, page 657