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Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pewḱ- (“pine”).[1][2] Cognate with Old Prussian peuse (“pine”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pušìs f (plural pùšys) stress pattern 4
- (botany) (Pinus) pine tree[3]
Usage notes
Note the irregular genitive plural, pušų̃, rather than the expected *pušių̃.
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References
- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “priede”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
- ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “pušis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 373-4
- ^ “pušis” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN