auksas

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Aukso grynuolis - A nugget of gold

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂e-h₂us-o-, *h₂ews- (dawn; gold). Cognate with Old Prussian ausis (gold), Latin aurum (gold), Tocharian A wäs (gold), Tocharian B yasā (gold).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

áuksas m (uncountable) stress pattern 1[2] or 3[2][3]

  1. gold
    aukso žiedas - a golden ring

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References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “auksas”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 69-70
  2. 2.0 2.1 “auksas” in Jonas Kruopas (1968), Lietuvių Kalbos Žodynas, Vol. I. Vilnius: Mintis.
  3. ^ “auksas” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.