lungë

See also: lunge and Lunge

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lunkā, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to bend”) with a nasal infix, similar to that of Old Prussian lunkis (“angle”), Lithuanian luñkanas (“supple”), Latvian llùnks (“supple”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluŋɡ(ə)/

Noun

lungë f (plural lunga, definite lunga, definite plural lungat)

  1. blister, bulge

Declension

Declension of lungë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lungë lunga lunga lungat
accusative lungën
dative lunge lungës lungave lungave
ablative lungash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lungë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 235
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