USGenWeb Tombstone Project

translated from languages likely to be encountered while researching in Pennsylvania.

English	Lithuanian
translation contributor	Terece Gecys

January	sausis
February	vasaris
March	kovas
April	balandis
May	geguze
June	birzelis
July	liepa
August	rugpjutis
September	rugsejis
October	spalis
November	lapkritis
December	gruodis

age	amzius
week	savaite (nedelia)
day	diena
month	menuo, menesis
year	metai

born	gime, gimes
died	mire (pasimire)
Sunday	sekmadienis
Monday	pirmadienis
Tuesday	antradienis
Wednesday	treciadienis
Thursday	ketvirtadienis
Friday	penktadienis
Saturday	sestadienis

father	tevas
mother	motina
husband	vyras
wife	zmona, (pati)
son	sunus
daughter	dukte
brother	brolis
sister	sesuo
grandfather	senelis, diedukas
grandmother	mociute, bobute, senele
uncle	dede
aunt	teta
marriage	vedybos

here rests	cia (cion) ilsisi
rest gently	ilsekis ramiai
rest in peace	ilsekis ramybeje

Please note that the above translations of the names of months and days of the week, as well as all the other words are in modern Lithuanian. Many of the older tombstones in earlier Pennsylvanian cemeteries may have been inscribed with older Lithuanian names and words.