Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish لقمه (lukme, lokma), from Arabic لُقْمَة (luqma). Another variant is llomkë.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɫokmə/
  • Rhymes: -mə
  • Hyphenation: llók‧më

Noun edit

llokmë f (plural llokma, definite llokma, definite plural llokmat)

  1. slice, chunk, morsel of food
    Synonyms: thelë, copë

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “llokmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 238

Further reading edit

  • “llokmë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • llokmë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “llokmë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 257