Kurpiuvaitis

KURPIUVAITIS

Etymology

Cf. Kurpiūnas (see), Kurpjuns, Kurpjuwaitis ¹. These would be derivatives of the suffixes -iuvaitis (see Bliūdžiuvaitis) and -iūnas from Kur̃pius (see) or something like thimm.

Feminine FORMS

Kurpiuvaitienė / Kurpiuvaitytė

Pronunciation

/kʊrʲpʲʊ̟ʋɐɪtʲɪs/

SOURCES

1. V. Kalvaitis, 1910, p. 13.