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alavas

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Lithuanian

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alavas

Etymology

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The native cognate álvas was displaced by a borrowing from Russian о́лово (ólovo, tin). Compare Latvian al̂va (tin), Old Prussian alwis (lead). Formal discrepancies imply that this word is probably ultimately a non-Indo-European borrowing.[1]

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈaːlɐvɐs/

Noun

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ãlavas m (uncountable) stress pattern 3

  1. tin (metallic element with chemical symbol Sn)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 53

Portuguese

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Verb

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alavas

  1. second-person singular imperfect indicative of alar