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    1. Re: Vasario & -ite
    2. Gordon McDaniel
    3. At 01:04 PM 8/3/98 -0400, Joe wrote: >Two questions please... >I visited my mother's family cemetery plot (Lithuanian) and have two >questions concerning the head stones. > >1) what does the -ite suffix to a sure name indicate? >My grandfather's last name was JUSKA. There is a headstone with the surname >JUSKAITE. > >2) What month would Vasario translate to in english? The -ite ending is the feminine ending for names. So the person with that headstone was a woman. Vasario is February. Gordon McDaniel [email protected]

    08/10/1998 02:19:07