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)
- (anatomy) lip
- Synonyms: grykë, pipëz
- (zoology, veterinary medicine) muzzle, snout
- edge, rim, side
- beginning (of an event/time)
- Synonym: prag
- cliff
- Synonym: shkëmb
- (in the plural) rocky chasm, (rocky) cliffs; sharp rock(s), boulders
Declension
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)
- nigh, to/at the side of
- on, to (onto); by; upon, at (some point) (terminal or associated with a location)
Derived terms
nouns
- buzaç
- buzak
- buzake
- buzël
- buzëqeshje
- buzëz
- buzinë
- buzm
- buzo
- buzhelë
- gërbuzje
- mbuzje
- përbuzje
adjectives
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “buzë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 43