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Mentas

MENTAS

Etymology

It is theoretically possible that Mentas is from *Mintas, and the latter gender is an abbreviation of Mi̇̀ntautas (see). However, cf. German Ment, Mente, Menth ¹ - from where Limm. Mente (LAG 228).

Feminine FORMS

Mentienė / Mentaitė

Pronunciation

/mʲɛntɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. H. Bahlow, 1967, p. 338.