këngë

See also: kenge, ķeņģe, ķeņģē, and -kɛ́ngɛ

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin cantica (“song”).[1] Compare Romanian cântec.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkən.ɡə/, [ˈkəŋɡə]

Noun

këngë f (plural këngë, definite kënga, definite plural këngët)

  1. song
    Këngët qytetare të Prishtinës.
    Prishtina's urban songs.
  2. bird song
    Dëgjohet kënga e bilbilit.
    The nightingale's song can be heard.
  3. a continuous sound
    Kënga e lumit.
    The sound of the river.
  4. part of an epic or didactic poem
  5. an action or thing that is repeated, becoming tedious

Declension
Declension of këngë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative këngë këngë kënga këngët
accusative këngën
dative kënge këngëve këngës këngëvet
ablative këngësh

Derived terms
  • këngëtar

References
  1. Topalli, K. (2017) “këngë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1409

Further reading
  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “cantus — canghe”
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