këngë

See also: kenge, ķeņģe, ķeņģē, and -kɛ́ngɛ

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin cantica (“song”).[1] Compare Romanian cântec.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkən.ɡə/, [ˈkəŋɡə]

Noun

këngë f (plural këngë, definite kënga, definite plural këngët)

  1. song
    Këngët qytetare të Prishtinës.
    Prishtina's urban songs.
  2. bird song
    Dëgjohet kënga e bilbilit.
    The nightingale's song can be heard.
  3. a continuous sound
    Kënga e lumit.
    The sound of the river.
  4. part of an epic or didactic poem
  5. an action or thing that is repeated, becoming tedious

Declension

Declension of këngë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative këngë kënga këngë këngët
accusative këngën
dative kënge këngës këngëve këngëve
ablative këngësh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “këngë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1409

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