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Lapukas

LAPÙKAS

Etymology

It can be a derivative of the suffix -ukas from Lãpė, Lãpas (see) or the like. But cf. Brus Лапук ¹, Лoпух, Лапуха ², Polish. Łopuch, Łopucha (SSNO III 334).

Feminine FORMS

Lapukienė / Lapukaitė

Pronunciation

/lɐˈpʊkɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. M. Biryla, 1969, c. 245.

2. ibid., 256.