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Vapas

VÃPAS

Etymology

Perhaps from Limm. Vapa (LAG 107), Vāpa ¹: Limm. vāpa, vãpe „spalva“ (LVV IV 498). But cf. lit. vapà „vapalius, kas vapalioja; plepys“ (MRL).

Feminine FORMS

Vapienė / Vapaitė

Pronunciation

/²ˈʋɑːpɐs/

SOURCES

1. ibid., 18, 444.