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Kiauta

KIÁUTA

Etymology

Perhaps a nickname, related to lit. shell „apkiautęs“ (LKŽ V 718), round „apsileisti, apšepti, pasidaryti netvarkingam; pasidaryti neapsukriam, apsnūdusiam, aptižusiam, neišmanančiam“ ¹.

Feminine FORMS

Kiautienė / Kiautaitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈkʲæˑʊtɐ/

SOURCES

1. ibid., 710.