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Tolvaišas

TÓLVAIŠAS

Etymology

Double-breasted surn. Therefore - cf. lit. surn. Tól-ia-vaiša, Tol-i-vaiša, Tol-vaišỹs, Tól-vaiša, Tál-mantas, Tál-montas (see), pers.n. Tól-fine, Tól-mantas, Tól-minas, Tól-food, Tól-name, Tól-vydas, Tól-vinas, Latv. Tól-valdas ¹. Sandas tol- is associated with lit. faṙ̀ (ibid.). For meals - see Vaishnor.

Feminine FORMS

Tolvaišienė / Tolvaišaitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈtoːlʋɐɪʃɐs/

SEE ALSO

SOURCES

1. A. Salys, 1933, p. 94.