gegužė

Etymology
. Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬, the latter attested in the Elbing Vocabulary.

The "May" meaning is from the "cuckoo" meaning; cuckoos were associated with the month of May in pagan times, perhaps as the month when they most flourished.

Pronunciation

 * gegužė̃
 * gegùžė

Noun
or


 * 1) May fifth month of the Gregorian calendar
 * 2) cuckoo bird

Declension




Note: The more common stress pattern is 3b.