branë

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /br̩anə/
  • Rhymes: -anə

Noun

branë f (southern Tosk, Gjirokastër)

  1. harrow
    Synonym: lesë
  2. spiked roller for guiding threads on loom
  3. (regional, dialectal) avalanche

Adverb

branë (colloquial)

  1. dragged, crawlingly
    Synonyms: zvarrë, rrëshqanë, zharg

References

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “branë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “branë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 35
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