bubullon

Albanian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia alternative of zabullimë, related to Thracian *zbel (lightning), Latvian Zibele (lightning), Lithuanian žaibas (lightning), verb žibėti (to shine, to glow), Serbo-Croatian zúblja (torch) and Slovene zubelj (flame).

Noun

bubullon (aorist bubulloi, participle bubulluar)

  1. (impersonal) to thunder

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bubullon”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980