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Apokas

APÕKAS

Etymology

Perhaps the contaminating gender from Limm. apuôgs (t. and apugs LVV I 133, cf. lit. surn. Ãpogas) and lit. sheep See also Sheep But other connections are not impossible, cf. Russian Oпoка, Polish. Opoka ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Apokienė / Apokaitė

Pronunciation

/ɐ²ˈpoːkɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. B. Никoнoв, 1975, c. 140.