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Keturakis

KETÙRAKIS

Etymology

Apparently, the nickname surn. is connected with lit. quatrain, quatrain „keturiomis akimis būtybė“ (LKŽ V 652). In the dialects, a person who wears glasses is called a ketūrakiu ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Keturakienė / Keturakytė

Pronunciation

/kʲɛˈtʊrɐkʲɪs/

SOURCES

1. V. Vitkauskas, 1976, p. 132.