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ltdir/surnames

Tūliavaitis

TŪ̃LIAVAITIS

Etymology

Perhaps a compound surn., the first stem of which is tūl- (see Tulỹs), and the second is related to lit. drug „dvaro paskirtas baudžiauninkų prižiūrėtojas“ (MRL). But it could also be from *Tūliuvaitis, i.e. i.e. derivative of suffixes -(i)uvaitis, for such formation cf. Bliūdžiuvaitis (see).

Feminine FORMS

Tūliavaitienė / Tūliavaitytė

Pronunciation

/²ˈtuːlʲɛʋɐɪtʲɪs/

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