Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From the onomatopoeic root cinx-, whence cinxër (cicada), cinxakuq (wren with a red spot) and cinxull (yellowhammer), compound with mi (mouse), as in gjysmami (wren).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cinxami m (plural cinxaminj, definite cinxamiu, definite plural cinxaminjtë)

  1. wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
    Synonyms: çerr, ferrak; see also Thesaurus:cinxami

References edit

  • “cinxamí,~u”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 226b
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “cinxamí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 50a
  • Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN, page 135