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Sankalas

SÁNKALAS

Etymology

Perhaps it is a nickname surn., connected with lit. sánkalas „skersinis, jungiantis staklių šonus: staklių skersinio užkalamasis pleištas; stambus kraštinis vežėčios virbalas; stalo pakoja and others“ (LKŽ XII 125). Cf. (?) also Sañkus (see).

Feminine FORMS

Sankalienė / Sankalaitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈsɑˑŋkɐlɐs/

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