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Kalikas

KALÌKAS

Etymology

Perhaps from lit. kali̇̀kas „kas dirba, kala from metalo visokius daiktus“ (LKŽ V 136). But cf. polish Kalik, Kaliks ¹, Kolik: Kola: Nicolaus ², Russ. Калик (CAМC II 726), Кoлик (ibid. 904).

Feminine FORMS

Kalikienė / Kalikaitė

Pronunciation

/kɐˈlʲɪkɐs/

SOURCES

1. S. Rospond, 1973, p. 244.

2. ibid., 344.