samanos

Lithuanian

Etymology

Seemingly formed as sam- + a pluralizing suffix -anos, similar to gárbanos (“curls”), plãskanos (“frizz”), strãzdanos (“freckles”), with further origin of the first component unknown.^[1] Compare also Proto-Finnic *sammal (“moss”), which may be borrowed from Baltic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sãmanos f pl

(plural only) moss, bryophyte

Declension

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Derived terms

samanótas

References

^ Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sãmanos”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 531

[1] Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “sãmanos”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 531

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