Kvira
KVIRA
Etymology
It would be possible to connect with Lieut. kvi̇̀rti (kvỹra) „glebti, nesveikuoti“ (LKŽ VI 1097), but this word is known only from southern Lithuania. Cf. still German Quiri: Quirinus ¹.
Feminine FORMS
Kvirienė / Kviraitė
Pronunciation
/kʋʲɪrɐ/
SOURCES
1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 476.