dilba

Lithuanian

Etymology

From dil̃bti +‎ -a. Cognate with Latvian dil̃ba (“upper arm, shin”).

Noun

dìlba ?

  1. sullen person
  2. tall, clumsy person

References
  • Derksen, Rick (2015) “dilba”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 129
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