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Kalenda

KALÉNDA

Etymology

Sometimes it can be a nickname, associated with lit. Slavic calendar „kalėda“ (LKŽ V 132) - see Christmas. But often the whole surn. can be borrowed, cf. polish Kolęda, Kolenda ¹, bRuss. Календа ², Russian. Кoленда (CAМC II 900).

Feminine FORMS

Kalendienė / Kalendaitė

Pronunciation

/kɐ¹ˈlʲæˑndɐ/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. S. Rospond, 1973, p. 343.

2. M. Biryla, 1969, с. 172.