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laužas

Pronunciation: [¹ˈlɑˑʊʒɐs]

“laužas” is a Lithuanian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. pile of sticks
  2. bonfire
  3. bear den
  4. pile of scrap, trash
  5. broken branch

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian laûzs (“place in a forest with broken/uprooted trees”). From the stem of láužti (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewǵ- (“to break”).

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