balandis

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“white”), perhaps via an unattested formation *balandis galambis (“white-marked pigeon”) (for the latter, see Latin columbus (“male dove”)). The "April" meaning is apparently from a meaning of "having a white or bare patch" (whether this refers to animal coats, fields, or something else is unclear). Cognate with Latvian balodis (“pigeon, dove”), Ossetian бӕлон (bælon, “domestic pigeon”); see also Lithuanian báltas (“white”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [bɐˈɫ̪ɐn̪ʲˑ.d̪ʲɪs̪]

balañdis m (plural balañdžiai) stress pattern 2

1. April (fourth month of the Gregorian calendar)
2. pigeon, dove

• karvelis m