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Tuika

TÙIKA

Etymology

Perhaps connected with lit. tui̇̃kti „kvailėti“ ¹ or similar. Cf. still Russian Туйкин, Туйкова (fem.) (СAМС IV 431).

Feminine FORMS

Tuikienė / Tuikaitė

Pronunciation

/¹ˈtʊɪkɐ/

SOURCES

1. K. Būga, 1958, p. 303.