gilė

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See also: gile, gilè, and gi-lê

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷelh₂-.[1] Cognate with Latvian zīle,[1] Old Prussian gile,[1] Polish żołądź,[1] Greek βάλανος (válanos),[1] and Latin glāns.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

gìlė f (plural gìlės) stress pattern 2 [2]

  1. acorn[3]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Derksen, Rick (2008) “*želǫdь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 556
  2. ^ “gilė” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. ^ “gilė” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN