cinxami

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the onomatopoeic root cinx-, whence cinxër (“cicada”), cinxakuq (“wren with a red spot”) and cinxull (“yellowhammer”), compound with mi (“mouse”), as in gjysmami (“wren”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sind͡zaˈmi/
  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

cinxami m (plural cinxaminj, definite cinxamiu, definite plural cinxaminjtë)

  1. wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
    Synonyms: çerr, ferrak; see also Thesaurus:cinxami

References
  • “cinxamí,~u”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 226b
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “cinxamí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 50a
  • Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN, page 135
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