mitë

See also: mite, mité, and Mite

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmitə/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *meita. Compare Lithuanian miẽtas (“post, stake”), Old Norse meiðr (“beam”), Sanskrit मेथी (methí, “pillar, post”).[1]

Noun

mitë f (plural mita, definite mita, definite plural mitat)

  1. (botany) shoot
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

mitë

  1. bribe
    Synonyms: nëndore, ryshfet

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 136
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