"žemaitis" meaning in Lithuanian

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  "etymology_text": "From žemas (“nether”) + -aitis, patronymical suffix similar to also descent by locality indicating suffix -ietis. Partly comes as a retreatment or dialectal type of German forms such as Samaythen (as seen in for example Jurbarkas - Georgenburg), Samogitian from *sam-g- + -ite. Compare also Semigalian. Cognate to Sami, Lithuanian žmogus (“man”), Polish Żmudź (“Samogitian”), Sambia (German Samland (“Sambia”). For Lithuanian suffixes -aitis and -ietis, probably considerable is an alternation of /ai/ and /ie/ as in roots of Lithuanian kaimas (“hamlet”), Old Prussian kaims (“hamlet”) and Lithuanian kiemas (“court, hamlet”), Latvian ciems (“hamlet”). Alternatively or otherwise could be understood as a derivative of Samland and it's reconstructional form *Sam-au, what is suggested by a reference of the patronymical suffix -aitis to landname suffixes -ava, -uva or slavic family, gens or placename suffix -ov- and by corresponding areas of historical language spread. Also consider interlinguistic pairs pertaining to the region as in Litauen - Letland(ia), Nadrovia - \"netherland\", possibly Sambia (Samland) and Samland, possibly Karšuva (as in Karšuvos giria (Curonian woods)) and Curland (Curonia). A thus suggested reconstructional form *Sam-au would possibly be supported by Lithuanian and Latvian versus Old Prussian pair of a diphthong /au/ to /aa/ interlinguistic or/and interdialectal alternation (maybe only when under stress) as in saulė (sun) or saule and sale - Žemaitis versus *Samauith which in its turn could be supported by also pertaining to the part of country name Ziemowit or Semovit. For a suffix -it-, compare Moscowite, also for example Old Prussian Tilsit. More at Samogitian.",
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      ]
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        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "žemaĩčiams",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žemaĩtį",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žemaičiùs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "žemaičiù",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "žemaĩtyje",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "žemaĩčiuose",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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    },
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        },
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        {
          "word": "žmogus"
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        {
          "word": "žemietis"
        }
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          "word": "lietuvis"
        },
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          "word": "baltas"
        },
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          "word": "kuršis"
        },
        {
          "word": "prūsas"
        },
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        },
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        }
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      ]
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      "ipa": "[ʒʲɛˈmɐjtʲɪs]"
    }
  ],
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}

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    }
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    {
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    }
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}