Arūnas Armonas - 2012-04-18 12:46
Lutz Szemkus - 2012-04-17 21:06
TRANELIS is a rare Lithuanian surname in Germany.
Does it literally mean little "male" bee / drone with ELIS being an endearing diminutive suffix?
Yes
Do you associate this with "male bee" specifically or is it just "small bee" and the same as BITELIS or BIC`´ELIS?
Male bee.
Does TRANAS figuratively also mean "lazybones" and could TRANELIS have that same negative sense as well?
Yes, tranas also means lazy, a man who lives at the expense of other.
Bee semantics
