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Tauba

TÁUBA

Etymology

Cf. Taũbas (see). Probably of Germanic origin surn., cf. German Taub, Taube ¹. ♦ On the other hand, it can be from lit. taubà „puskvaišis, ištižėlis; verksnys“, taubóti „žliumbti“ (LKŽe).

Feminine FORMS

Taubienė / Taubaitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈtɑˑʊbɐ/

SOURCES

1. M. Gottschald, 1954, p. 567; J. Brechenmacher, 1960, p. 275.