stuburas

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === Derived via métatonie rude from an earlier stubũras. Within Balto-Slavic, cognate with Latvian stuburs, Slovene stəbə̏r (“column”), dial. Serbo-Croatian stàbar (“bole of a tree”), possibly stretching back to Proto-Balto-Slavic *stuburas. Further origin unclear. See literature for further discussion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈstʊbʊrɐs] Rhymes: -ʊbʊrɐs Syllabification: stù‧bu‧ras === Noun === stùburas m (plural stuburai̇̃) stress pattern 3 (anatomy) spine, backbone (botany) trunk (of a tree) (botany) stalk (of a plant) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (spine): nugarkaulis (tree trunk): kamienas ==== Derived terms ==== stuburgalis stuburinis stuburo smegenys stuburo smegenų skystis ==== Related terms ==== staubúoti staubrỹs / stuobrỹs (“bole of a tree”) === References === “stuburas”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026 “stuburas”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012 Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “stuburas”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 1784 Fraenkel, Ernst (1955, 1962–1965), “stuburas”, in Litauisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume II, Heidelberg-Göttingen: Carl Winter and Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, page 928