bumballë

Albanian

Etymology

Related to Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “a boom, deep hollow noise”), βομβύκια (bombúkia, “humming insects”), Old Norse bumba (“drum”), if not all onomatopoeic.

Noun

bumballë f (plural bumballa, definite bumballa, definite plural bumballat)

  1. cockroach, beetle
  2. bumblebee (dialectal)

Declension

Declension of bumballë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bumballë bumbulla bumbulla bumbullat
accusative bumballën
dative bumbulle bumballës bumbullave bumbullave
ablative bumbullash
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