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Galva

GALVA

Etymology

Perhaps a nickname from lit. head, cf. Brus Галава, Russian. Гoлoва ¹, Polish. Głowa (SSNO II 130).

Feminine FORMS

Galvienė / Galvaitė

Pronunciation

/ɡɐlʋɐ/

SOURCES

1. M. Biryla, 1969, с. 96.