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==Pomorian==
==Pomorian==
===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *galwāˀ. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *golva, Old Prussian galwā, Lithuanian, Latvian galva. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol- (“spike, tip, peak”).
From Old Pomorian galwā, Proto-Balto-Slavic *galwāˀ. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *golva, Old Prussian galwā, Lithuanian, Latvian galva. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol- (“spike, tip, peak”).
 
===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
/gɑl.ˈwɑ/
/gɑl.ˈwɑ/

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Pomorian

Etymology

From Old Pomorian galwā, Proto-Balto-Slavic *galwāˀ. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *golva, Old Prussian galwā, Lithuanian, Latvian galva. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷol- (“spike, tip, peak”).

Pronunciation

/gɑl.ˈwɑ/

Noun

galvà f (1st declension)

  1. (anatomy) head (top or front of the body)
    galva zmeny - a human head
    pavirti galvą - to turn one's head
    ån galvą nutūrti cepikå - to put a hat on a head
  2. mind, intelligence
    žinoti sų galvo - to know from head (by heart)
    terbini galva - a clean head (without any minds)
  3. top part of an object
    galva nagly - a head tip of a nail
    galva maltidlo - a head of a hammer
    buto galva - a head of a shoe
  4. a counting unit of cattle, animals
    Są dvodešįt galvo skatė -there are twenty heads in the lifestock
  5. authoritative person, boss
    galva organizacijo - a head of an organization, CEO

Declension


Derived terms

galvėte - with a big head
galvine - main
galvadėli - main thing/point
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