Lūž

Kersti Boiko suggests the Latvian name Lūžņa as the source of the Livonian name. Compare dialectal lūžņa (“a place where trees have been felled by wind”) from the verb lūzt (“to break”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːˀʒ/, [ˈluːˀʒ̥]

Lū’ž

1. Lūžņa (a village in Latvia)
   • 2012–2013, “Lūž”, in Tiit-Rein Viitso, Valts Ernštreits, editors, Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1], Tartu, Riga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra:

     Lūž – Lūž – Lūžņa

     Lūžņa – Lūžņa – Lūžņa