liežuvis

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Liežuvis

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Balto-Slavic *inźūˀ, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s. Cognate with Old Prussian insuwis, Proto-Slavic *(j)ęzykъ, Armenian լեզու (lezu).

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Noun

liežùvis m (plural liežùviai) stress pattern 2

  1. (anatomy) tongue

Declension