netull

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Lafe, most likely a borrowing from Proto-Slavic *metъla, whence also the Balkan Romance *metula.

It has also been proposed to derive from a Venetian *netola (an otherwise unevidenced derivative of netar “to clean”). This, however, would not account for the Balkan Romance and Slavic forms.

Noun

nétull f

  1. (botany) plants like great mullein or heather, often used to make brooms
  2. (regional) broom
    Synonym: fshesë
  3. selvage (edge of fabric)

References

  • “netull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Lafe, Genc. 2019. “Mbi (ri)përcaktimin e italianizmave në gjuhën shqipe”. In Basha, Eqrem (ed.), Studimet Albanistike në Itali. 383–406. Pristina: ASHAK.
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “netull”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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