bujë

See also: buje and Buje

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *buliā, from Proto-Indo-European *bh(e)ū̆- (“swell, puff”). Cognate to Ancient Greek φῷδες (phōîdes, “blisters”), Old Irish bolach (“swelling, blister”), Latin bucca (“cheek”) and Old English bȳle (“swelling, blister”).

Noun

bújë (definite buja)

  1. fuss
  2. fame

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “bujë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “bujë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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