tollë

See also: tolle and tollé

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tāslā, from *tēkslā, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (“to hew”) (compare Latin tēlum, German Dechsel (“adze”), Russian тесла́ (teslá, “adze”)).[1] Cognate with teshë.

Noun

tollë f (plural toje, definite tolla, definite plural tojet)

  1. bald spot
  2. crown of the head
  3. drumhead of a tambourine

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tollë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 459
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