lekë
Albanian
Noun
lékë f (definite léka)
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lekë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 217
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“light”), a reflection or calque of Ancient Greek Ἀλβανοί (Albanoí, literally “the white ones”), a tribe southern Illyria.
Noun
lékë m pl (definite lékët)
- inhabitants of northern Albanian mountains. inhabitants of Mbishkodra
- Hypernym: malësor (“hihglander, mountaineer”)
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