Buras

Cf. Buratis ¹ <? *Buraitis, Latv. Bure (LAG 291), Buris ², Būris (ibid.), Būras k., Bũre k., Bũri k. ³. The latter village names are associated (ibid.) with Latv. group „būrys“ (LVV I 358) or Latv. bûre „būda, bakūžė, prasta pirkia“ ⁴ (LVV pap. I 257). But this connection also raises doubts, because the mentioned village names may come from surnames. Last names Burà, Bùras (and Buráitis) and Bū́ra (and Būráitis), Latv. Bure, Buris, Būris origin is unclear. Cf. (?) lit. bū̃ras „tarpas, metas, kartas; mažas lietaus debesis“ ⁵, būrs „žynys, burtininkas“ ⁶, būrỹs „minia, pulkas, krūva; tarpas, metas, kartas; lietaus ar sniego šorys, šiaip kokio oro banga“ ⁷ and so on. However, it seems that it would be most reliable to assume that the mentioned surn. all are borrowed, cf. German Bur, Buhr: mnd. būr „Bauer“ ⁸. For semantics, cf. Baũras (see). Also cf. Brus Буpа, Буpаў ⁹, Russian. Буpа ¹⁰, Polish. Bury ¹¹, Bur ¹², Bura, Buras ¹³, Buro ¹⁴.