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Barūnas

BARŪ́NAS

Etymology

Perhaps a nickname from barū̃nas „kas vis barasi“ (LKŽ I 672). (The accentuation of the suffix may have arisen due to the analogy of the patronymic derivatives of the suffix -ū́nas.)

Feminine FORMS

Barūnienė / Barūnaitė

Pronunciation

/bɐ¹ˈruːnɐs/