Let's finish last week's Wordy Wednesday topic off today!

  * **lidot** : to fly [slider title="conjugate me"] _lidot_ , 2. konj. (long)  
_tag._ lidoju, lido, lido, lidojam, lidojat  
_pag._ lidoju, lidoji, lidoja, lidojām, lidojāt  
_nak._ lidošu, lidosi, lidos, lidosim, lidosiet / lidosit  
_pav._ lido, lidojiet[/slider]

Interestingly, one of the most popular restaurant chains in Latvia is named
Lido. I'm told there's no relation, however.

  * **lidosta** : airport [slider title="decline me"] _lidosta_ , f, 4. dekl.  
_vsk_.: lidosta, lidostas, lidostai, lidostu, ar lidostu, lidostā  
_dsk_.: lidostas, lidostu, lidostām, lidostas, ar lidostām, lidostās[/slider]

Yep, built from lidot, a lidosta is a place for flying. There is a Lido in
Rīgas lidosta!

  * **taksometrs** : taxi, cab [slider title="decline me"] _taksometrs_ , m, 1. dekl.  
_vsk_.: taksometrs, taksometra, taksometram, taksometru, ar taksometru,
taksometrā  
_dsk_.: taksometri, taksometru, taksometriem, taksometrus, ar taksometriem,
taksometros [/slider]

From how this one is built, I wonder if the word "taxi" was brought over and
combined with the "meter" that runs inside of it to illustrate that this form
of travel is metered by time and distance rather than how everything else
works.

  * **zebra** : zebra, _coll._ crosswalk [slider title="decline me"] _zebra_ , f, 4. dekl.  
_vsk_.: zebra, zebras, zebrai, zebru, ar zebru, zebrā  
_dsk_.: zebras, zebru, zebrām, zebras, ar zebrām, zebrās[/slider]

How cute is that? I think this is probably from British slang, since we don't
use it here in America. We ought to, it's a fun way to refer to crosswalks.
The crosswalks do somewhat look like zebra stripes, after all.

  * **ietve** : sidewalk [slider title="decline me"] _ietve_ , f, 5. dekl.  
_vsk_.: ietve, ietves, ietvei, ietvi, ar ietvi, ietvē  
_dsk_.: ietves, ietvju, ietvēm, ietves, ar ietvēm, ietvēs[/slider]

The iet you see is the infinitive for "to go" and the word is structured
around it. Essentially a sidewalk is a place you go or walk.

  * **gājējs** : pedestrian [slider title="decline me"] _gājējs_ , m, 1. dekl.  
_vsk_.: gājējs, gājēja, gājējam, gājēju, ar gājēju, gājējā  
_dsk_.: gājēji, gājēju, gājējiem, gājējus, ar gājējiem, gājējos[/slider]

All the js make this one a pain to type. A pedestrian is a "going person" -
there isn't a specific verb for "to walk", instead it's classed as "to go" as
you can see in the related word for sidewalk. My husband tells me that he
thinks the past tense of iet is used because the present would make it sound
terrible. Iejējs? Ugh, talk about hard to say.