këmborë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Romance *campona, variant of Late Latin campāna.[1]

Noun

këmborë f (definite këmbora)

  1. bell worn by pastoral animals: cowbell, sheep-bell
  2. (derogatory) subservient person exploited by others

Declension

Declension of këmborë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative këmborë këmbora këmborë këmborët
accusative këmborën
dative këmbore këmborës këmborëve këmborëve
ablative këmborësh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “këmborë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 177

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “këmborë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “këmborë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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