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* kthell|ti'nė = thelli'nė
kth|e'·n
I§ vt 1 to turn [ ]; turn [ ] over/up 2 to bend [ ] 3 to drink up/down 4 [Colloq] to alter, change 5 to convert 6 [Colloq] to translate 7 to return 8 to fail [ ] (in an examination), give [ ] a failing grade 9 [Colloq] to regain health: recover 10 (in folk music) to sing an accompaniment to a melody line already in progress
II§ vi 1 to return 2 [Colloq] to regain health: recover 3 to change one's mind
• <>a kthe'·n to retort to <>; answer <> right back; respond to <> in kind
• ia kthe'·n/pret · (kėngės) [Colloq] (in folk music) to sing a second voice following a singer who has started a song
• <> kthe'·n armėt 1 to turn one's weapons on <> 2 to make an armed response to <>
• e kthe'·n barkun nga del dielli [Scorn] "turn one's belly toward where the sun appears" to change one's convictions with every change in the weather; change one's principles to fit one's self interest
• <> kthe'·n bėrrylin "turn <> one's elbow" to turn <> down, turn one's back on <>
• kthe'·n bukė to lay out food
• <>a kthe'·n dalė to retort immediately to <>, answer <> right back; answer <>'s fire with fire
• kthe'·n dorė to hit back (when it is wrong to do so)
• <>a kthe'·n dorėn 1 to turn down what <> hands to one 2 [Fig] to reject <>'s hand in marriage, turn down <>'s marriage proposal, turn <> down
• <> kthe'·n dyfekun "turn the gun on <>" to fight against <>
* kthe'pė nf = ktha'p
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