latë

See also: late, LATE, latè, Latè, latė, łatę, and łate

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *laptā, from Proto-Indo-European *leh2p- (to be flat, even; shovel). Cognate to Lithuanian lopetà (shovel) and Old Prussian lopto (spade).[1]

Noun

latë f (plural latë, definite lata, definite plural latët)

  1. (kind of) hatchet, axe, chopper

Declension

Declension of latë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative latë lata latë latët
accusative latën
dative late latës latëve latëve
ablative latësh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi