gungë

See also: gunge

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gungā, from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“lump”). Identical with Lithuanian gùnga (“hump, hunchback, ball, clump”), gùnginti (“go slowly, from a humped going person”), and cognate with Latin gingiva (“gum”).[1]

Noun

gungë f (plural gunga, definite gunga, definite plural gungat)

  1. hump, lump
  2. hunchback
  3. small hill

Declension

Declension of gungë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gungë gunga gunga gungat
accusative gungën
dative gunge gungës gungave gungave
ablative gungash

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun "gungë"

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gungë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 127

Further reading

  • “gungë”, 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
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