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Strakauskas

STRAKÁUSKAS

Etymology

Cf. Strakė́nas (see). These surn. the root strak- could be from lit. strakùs „vikrus, guvus, smarkus, stragus“ (LKŽ XIII 933) or similar. ¹. But cf. Brus Cтpoк, Cтpoкаў, Cтpакoвiч, Cтpакoўскi, Cтpaк ², Polish. Straka (SSNO V 218) etc.

Feminine FORMS

Strakauskienė / Strakauskaitė

Pronunciation

/strɐ¹ˈkɑˑʊskɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. see also Z. Zinkevičius, 1977, p. 199.

2. М. Биpыла, 1969, с. 392.