kūnas

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Lithuanian

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Etymology

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From the verb kauti (to beat, strike), where the noun's original sense was "(well-hewn) body." From Proto-Balto-Slavic *káuˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European *kowh₂, from *kewh₂- (to strike).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kū́nas m (plural kū́nai) stress pattern 1

  1. body

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Lituanus. (1988). United States: Lithuanian Student Association, Secretariate for External Relations, p. 311