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Guzas

GÙZAS

Etymology

It is not entirely clear when from Slavism gùzas (bRuss. гуз) „iškilimas ant kūno ar medžio, gumbas“ (LKŽ III 765), when the whole surn. was borrowed, cf. polish Guz (SSNO II 237), from BRuss. Гуз, Гузь ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Guzienė / Guzaitė

Pronunciation

/ˈɡʊzɐs/

SOURCES

1. M. Biryla, 1969, c. 120.