lungë

See also: lunge and Lunge

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lunkā, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to bend”) with a nasal infix, similar to that of Old Prussian lunkis (“angle”), Lithuanian luñkanas (“supple”), Latvian llùnks (“supple”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈluŋɡ(ə)/

Noun

lungë f (plural lunga, definite lunga, definite plural lungat)

  1. blister, bulge

Declension
Declension of lungë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative lungë lunga lunga lungat
accusative lungën
dative lunge lungave lungës lungavet
ablative lungash

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lungë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 235
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