Etymology
Onomatopoeic of the rook's cry;[1] compare Proto-Slavic *gàvornъ (“rook”), English caw for similar formations. The shift to the "March" meaning comes from the fact that rooks (and other corvids) often begin building their rests in March.
Pronunciation
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Noun
kóvas m (plural kovaĩ) stress pattern 3
- March (third month of the Gregorian calendar)
- rook (bird)
Declension
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See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) sausis, vasaris, kovas, balandis, gegužė, birželis, liepa, rugpjūtis, rugsėjis, spalis, lapkritis, gruodis (Category: lt:Months)
References
Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007) “kóvas”, in Słownik etymologiczny je̜zyka litewskiego (in Polish), Vilnius: Uniwersytet Wileński, page 306