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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. Cognate with Latvian mēnesis, Latin mensis, Tocharian A mañ, Albanian muaj and Russian ме́сяц (mésjac).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
mė́nuo m (plural mė́nesiai) stress pattern 1
- (astronomy) moon
- month (a period of approximately 30 days)
- vienas mėnuo - a month
- šeši mėnesiai - six months
- dvylika mėnesių - twelve months
- month (one of the 12 divisions of the year)
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References
- “mėnuo”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
- “mėnuo” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “mėnuo”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312