pumpuras

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Pumpuras

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian pumpurs. Related to Lithuanian pum̃pti, Lithuanian pam̃pti (to swell), Proto-Slavic *pǫpъ (bud, navel), etc. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *pomp-.

Noun

pum̃puras m (plural pumpuraĩ) stress pattern 3b

  1. (botany) bud
    Hyponym: žíedpumpuris (flower bud)

Declension

References

  • pumpuras”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965) “pam̃pti”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume I, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 536
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “pampa”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 343