buzë

See also: buze

Albanian

Etymology

From archaic and now chiefly dialectal (Arbëresh) budhë +‎ -zë (collective suffix), from Proto-Albanian *budzā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (bottom); compare Lithuanian budė̃ (tree-fungus), bùdė (whetstone),[1] Sanskrit बुध्न (budhna), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, bottom), Latin fundus (bottom, piece of land, farm). Lent Romanian buză.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buzə/ (Standard)
  • IPA(key): /buːz/ (Gheg)

Noun

búzë f (plural búzë, definite búza, definite plural búzët)

  1. (anatomy) lip
    Synonyms: grykë, pipëz
  2. (zoology, veterinary medicine) muzzle, snout
  3. edge, rim, side
    Synonyms: zgrip, anë, vijë, kufi, breg
  4. beginning (of an event/time)
    Synonym: prag
  5. cliff
    Synonym: shkëmb
  6. (in the plural) rocky chasm, (rocky) cliffs; sharp rock(s), boulders
    Synonyms: humnerë, greminë, hon, ferri

Declension

Declension of buzë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative buzë buza buzë buzët
accusative buzën
dative buze buzës buzëve buzëve
ablative buzësh

Descendants

  • Romanian: buză

Preposition

búzë (+ ablative)

  1. nigh, to/at the side of
    Synonyms: pranë, anës
  2. on, to (onto); by; upon, at (some point) (terminal or associated with a location)
    Synonyms: pranë, afër, mbi, , nga, sipas, me, prej

Derived terms

nouns
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adjectives
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References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “buzë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 43

Further reading

  • buzë”, 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