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Buntinas

BUÑTINAS

Etymology

Cf. Buntins, Buntyns ¹, Latv. Bunte ², Buntiks ³, Buntiņa gen. ⁴, Bunts ⁵, OPr. Bunthe, Buntike ⁶, Latv. Buñtinš village, Buñtiņi village ⁷. The origin is unclear. Cf. (?) German Bunte, Bunten, Bundt, etc. ⁸.

Feminine FORMS

Buntinienė / Buntinaitė

Pronunciation

/²ˈbʊnʲˑtʲɪnɐs/

SOURCES

1. V. Kalvaitis, 1910, p. 8.

2. LAG 108, 417, 444, 447.

3. ibid., 352.

4. ibid., 71.

5. ibid., 307, 308.

6. R. Trautmann, 1925, p. 21.

7. J. Endzelīns, 1956, p. 146.

8. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 215.