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seniūnas

English translation: starost, village elder, village headman

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Lithuanian term or phrase:seniūnas
English translation:starost, village elder, village headman
Entered by: Gineita

07:01 Jul 3, 2003
Lithuanian to English translations [PRO]
Lithuanian term or phrase: seniūnas
dvara valde Zemaiciu seniunai...
Gineita
Local time: 23:40
village elder
Explanation:
village elder (per BBC žinias).

One morning much later during that same autumn, the seniūnas (village elder),
Račius, stepped out of his house and, glancing toward Balčius’s home, saw a narrow stream of smoke rising from the chimney. – Good, he thought, Balčius had returned, and we won’t have to travel to another town’s smithy anymore.

THE WHITE WITCH
By Genrikas Songinas
English translation by Gloria O’Brien

Dar žr. žodynėlį
www.geocities.com/leg_dictionaries/lietans1.html


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Vidmantas Stilius
Local time: 23:40
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4 +3village elder
Vidmantas Stilius
4foreman, starost
Leonardas


  

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foreman, starost


Explanation:
the manor was in possession of Samogitian foremen (starosts).

Leonardas
Local time: 23:40
PRO pts in pair: 785
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village elder


Explanation:
village elder (per BBC žinias).

One morning much later during that same autumn, the seniūnas (village elder),
Račius, stepped out of his house and, glancing toward Balčius’s home, saw a narrow stream of smoke rising from the chimney. – Good, he thought, Balčius had returned, and we won’t have to travel to another town’s smithy anymore.

THE WHITE WITCH
By Genrikas Songinas
English translation by Gloria O’Brien

Dar žr. žodynėlį
www.geocities.com/leg_dictionaries/lietans1.html





    Reference: http://www.budsclassnumber.com/LithLegends5.htm
    Reference: http://www.geocities.com/leg_dictionaries/lietans1.html
Vidmantas Stilius
Local time: 23:40
Native speaker of: Native in LithuanianLithuanian
PRO pts in pair: 230
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agree  diana bb
1 hr
agree  Irena Gintilas
2 hrs
agree  Сергей Лузан: starosta/ village elder/ headman Re.: 4. Russian-English Dictionary over 160 000 words & expressions, 1997, Laba diena!
1 day 1 hr
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