tytë

See also: tyte

Albanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tytə]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *tūtā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell; crowd; be strong”),[1] also forming a doublet of tul and tëtanë (possibly).

Noun

tytë f (plural tyta, definite tyta, definite plural tytat)

  1. pipe, tube, barrel
  2. empty place, desert
    Synonyms: shkretëtirë, repë
Declension
Declension of tytë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative tytë tyta tyta tytat
accusative tytën
dative tyte tytave tytës tytavet
ablative tytash

Etymology 2

From tytë, most likely before the development of the tube sense.

Adjective

tytë (feminine tyta)

  1. empty, unnecessary, futile

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tytë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 471
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