pusiasalis

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Lithuanian

Etymology

pusė (half) +‎ sala (island), calque of Latin paeninsula. Compare similar calques in Latvian pussala, more distant Chinese 半島半岛 (bàndǎo), Danish halvø, German Halbinsel, Polish półwysep, Russian полуо́стров (poluóstrov), and so on.

Noun

pùsiasalis m (plural pusiasaliai) stress pattern 1 or pusiãsalis m (plural pusiasaliai) stress pattern 1

  1. peninsula

Declension

pùsiasalis:

pusiãsalis:

References

  • pusiasalis”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024
  • pusiasalis”, in Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of contemporary Lithuanian], ekalba.lt, 1954–2024