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Alpas

AL̃PAS

Etymology

Cf. Latin Alps (RTAS 54). Perhaps from Alphas < German. Alfus < Adalfuns, whose Spanish gender is Alfonso ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Alpienė / Alpaitė

Pronunciation

/²ˈɐlˑpɐs/

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 161.