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Dunda

DÙNDA

Etymology

Mostly, apparently, a nickname, cf. lit. dundà „pabalda, padauža“ (LKŽ II 852). But cf. Latin Dunda (LAG 465), Polish. Dunda ¹, German. Dundo ².

Feminine FORMS

Dundienė / Dundaitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈdʊndɐ/

SOURCES

1. SSNO I 538; S. Rospond, 1967, p. 218.

2. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 242.