kalë
See also: Appendix:Variations of "kale"
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Late Latin caballus (“horse”).[1][2] Topalli suggests Gheg plural kual borrowed from Italian descendant cavallo, with phonetic development *këval > *kval > kual, whereas Tosk and standard kuaj was influenced by buaj, plural of buall (“bull”).[1] Compare Romanian cal, Aromanian cal, French cheval, Lombard càal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kalë m (plural kuaj, definite kali, definite plural kuajt)
- horse (Equus caballus)
- Synonym: at
- (chess) knight
Declension edit
Declension of kalë
Hypernyms edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Topalli, K. (2017) “kalë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 696-697
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kalë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 166
Further reading edit
- Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 9: “caballus, cavallo — caale”