Iš dramblio pavadinimo istorijos
From the history of the name dramblys (elephant)
Author(s): Vincentas DrotvinasSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Lietuvių Kalbos Institutas
Keywords: Name; meaning; zoological term; review
Summary/Abstract: The article reviews all names given to the elephant in Lithuanian dictionaries from the 17 th to the 19 th century (elpantas, slanas). The colloquial dramblys (cf. the verbs dribti, drimba, dribo) means 'huge and clumsy'. In the 20 th century it gained the meaning of a zoological term.
Journal: Bendrinė kalba (iki 2014 metų – Kalbos kultūra)
- Issue Year: 2002
- Issue No: 75
- Page Range: 138-142
- Page Count: 5
- Language: Lithuanian