Lemizh / English dictionary

tàp.

to lead someone-dat to an assumption about something-acc;
dat, perfect: to assume something-acc

Usage notes

Conceptually, we assume something if it is that which is typically the case under the given circumstances; what seems to follow from the given circumstances. This is also the basis for this verb’s etymology.

Etymology

< NLem tUp‑a
< LMLem tÙp‑yr ‘(something) typical’
< Koi τύπ‑ος ‘impression, mark > type’
< SHell *túp‑os ‘impression, mark’, nominalisation of
  SHell *túpt‑ō ‘push, hit’, zero-grade i̯é-present of
< PIE *teu̯p‑, form without s-mobile of
  PIE *steu̯p‑

doublet of stàd., stedràj. and stedràc.

Cognates

Eng type (via Gk)