rinkti

Derived from the root seen in Proto-Balto-Slavic *ránkāˀ (“hand, arm”) (whence modern Lithuanian rankà (“hand, arm”)), possibly cognate with Irish comrac (“encounter; battle”) and Welsh cyfrang (“encounter; meeting”). Compare Old Prussian senrīnka (“collects”, 3rd person singular present).[1]

• IPA^(key): [ˈrʲɪŋk.tʲɪ]
• Hyphenation: rink‧ti

riñkti (third-person present tense reñka, third-person past tense riñko)

1. (transitive) to gather, to collect

   riñkti aukàs ― collect donations

2. (transitive) to pick

   Àš čià óbuolius renkù.

   I'm picking apples here.

3. (transitive) to choose, to select
4. (transitive) to elect
5. (transitive) to dial

• “rinkti”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• “rinkti”, in Bendrinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of common Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, n.d.
• “rinkti”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024