Puplauskas
PUPLÁUSKAS
Etymology
Cf. bean „kas pupsi; kas išsipūtęs, dideliu pilvu“ (LKŽ X 941). See also Z. Zinkevičius, 1977, p. 185. However, the personal origin of this root is also possible, cf. Brus Пуплий ¹, Russian. Пуплий ² and so on.
Feminine FORMS
Puplauskienė / Puplauskaitė
Pronunciation
/pʊ¹ˈplɑˑʊskɐs/
SOURCES
1. M. Biryla, 1966, с. 139.
2. N. Petrovsky, 1966, с. 185.