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Kupšys

KUPŠỸS

Etymology

Cf. lit. Kùpšas, Kùpšė, Kùpšis, Kupšius (see), Latv. Kupše ¹, Kupšis ². Perhaps related to German. < column Kupsch, Kübsch, Kopsch, etc.: Jacobus ³.

Feminine FORMS

Kupšienė / Kupšytė

Pronunciation

/kʊpʲ²ˈʃʲiːs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. LAG 264, 274, 277, etc..

2. ibid., 282.

3. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 351.