valëbuke

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • valbuke
  • bukëvalë

Etymology

From i valë (“hot, boiling”) +‎ bukë (“bread”) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /valəˈbuke/
  • Rhymes: -uke
  • Hyphenation: va‧lë‧bú‧ke

Noun

valëbuke f (plural valëbuke, definite valëbukja, definite plural valëbuket)

  1. small jug always kept on a fire to heat water; kettle
    Synonym: gjym
  2. (cooking, central Gheg, Krujë) dish made from bread and milk
    Synonyms: përshesh, valore, papare

Declension

Declension of valëbuke
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative valëbuke valëbukja valëbuke valëbuket
accusative valëbuken
dative valëbuke valëbukes valëbukeve valëbukeve
ablative valëbukesh

References

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “valëbuke”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “valbuke”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 544
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