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Tananas

TANANAS

Etymology

Cf. (?) Tананка, Tанoна, Tананoйка, Russian. Tананин, Tананаев ¹, Russian. Tананаев, Tананин (CAМC IV 332). Although tan- could be from Antãnas, cf. Tãnas: Antãnas ².

Feminine FORMS

Tananienė / Tananaitė

Pronunciation

/tɐnɐnɐs/

SOURCES

1. M. Biryla, 1969, с. 408.

2. K. Kuzavinis, B. Savukynas, 1971, p. 140.