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Giga

GIGÀ

Etymology

Cf. Latin Ģigga (LAG 291), Gīga (RTAS 127): Latv. ģiga „blogas žmogus“ (LVV I 698). But cf. German Gigas ¹, Russian. Гига ².

Feminine FORMS

Gigienė / Gigaitė

Pronunciation

/ɡʲɪˈɡɐ/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 289.

2. N. Tupikov, 1903, c. 103.