bukë

See also: buke, büke, bùkě, and bǔkè

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bukā, from Latin bucca (“mouth, mouthful”), with a semantic development to 'food' through a Balkan source.[1]

Noun

bukë f (plural bukë, definite buka, definite plural bukët)

  1. bread
  2. food
    Synonym: ushqim
    Synonym: gjellë

Declension

Declension of bukë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bukë buka bukë bukët
accusative bukën
dative buke bukës bukëve bukëve
ablative bukësh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bukë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 39-40
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